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1951530781London: Cowles Magazines Inc. 1951. Softcover. Very Good. Periodical. Quarto. 120pp. Heavily illustrated. A bit musty. Cover with a split and a bit of loss at the spine staples somewhat oxidized modest interior toning very good. Signed by John Steinbeck editor Fleur Cowles and contributor William Ward Beecher.<br /> <br /> The final issue of this very interesting magazine sent by editor Fleur Cowles along with a warm Typed Letter Signed to artist William Ward Beecher to commemorate the collaboration. Fleur has Signed the magazine on the first page. Beecher allowed the use of a black and white reproduction of a Steinbeck-themed trompe l'oeil painting to illustrate the article "Tortilla B Flat: A Serenade to John Steinbeck Composed on the Typewriter" by Eddie Condon also illustrated with a portrait of Steinbeck by Robert Capa. A note in Beecher's hand laid in says: "N.B. this copy autographed by Fleur Cowles is also signed by John and me-" and indeed Steinbeck has Signed above the painting and Beecher beneath it. Also laid in is a Typed Letter Signed from a Flair employee to Beecher asking him to sign an agreement to reproduce the artwork.<br /> <br /> A 2001 letter from Steinbeck's son Thom written to supply details about sitting for a portrait by Beecher called the artist a family friend and that his father "maintained an abiding fascination for Beecher's work through the years. A half-dozen examples of the artist's best canvases still brighten our house in New York." A nice association. Cowles Magazines, Inc.) unknown
1964BL-002101New York: Random House 1964. 8 pp. Approx. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4". Printed orange wrappers with black ink in original mailing envelope which has a slight corner crease both in fine condition. Goldstone & Payne A41Steinbeck's introduction to "The Thinking Dog's Man" by Ted Patrick was issued separately in advance of the book as a promotional item; no copies were for sale. This copy once belonged to veteran Milwaukee bookseller Harry Schwartz the mailing envelope bears his address. A fine fresh copy in the original printed mailing envelope of this very scarce Steinbeck "A" item Random House paperback
1949018107Los Angeles:Republic Pictures 1949. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Authors. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original Lobby Card for 1949 Film The Red Pony.Signed by Steinbeck.Beautiful Copy Framed. Extra Postage Required. Los Angeles:Republic Pictures Paperback
1959111852New York: Hastings House Publishers 1959. First edition of this entertaining history of clothing and its impact on the human condition. Octavo original half cloth illustrated. The dedication copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "To John Steinbeck-whose interest in the book when half written encouraged me to complete it. And to Elaine Steinbeck with love to you both Lawrence Lagner Nov 5/ 1959." From the library of John Steinbeck. With an introduction by James Laver. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Lawrence Langner was a playwright author and producer who also pursued a career as a patent attorney. He founded the Guild Theatre where he supervised over 200 productions. Elaine Steinbeck was an actress in the theatre and met Langner at that time. They continued to be in similar circles after her marriage to Steinbeck. The Importance of Wearing Clothes is an erudite and entertaining history of clothing and its impact on the human condition. Hastings House Publishers hardcover books
1959111852New York: Hastings House Publishers 1959. First edition of this entertaining history of clothing and its impact on the human condition. Octavo original half cloth illustrated. The dedication copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "To John Steinbeck-whose interest in the book when half written encouraged me to complete it. And to Elaine Steinbeck with love to you both Lawrence Lagner Nov 5/ 1959." From the library of John Steinbeck. With an introduction by James Laver. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Lawrence Langner was a playwright author and producer who also pursued a career as a patent attorney. He founded the Guild Theatre where he supervised over 200 productions. Elaine Steinbeck was an actress in the theatre and met Langner at that time. They continued to be in similar circles after her marriage to Steinbeck. The Importance of Wearing Clothes is an erudite and entertaining history of clothing and its impact on the human condition. Hastings House Publishers hardcover
194629904175 East 78th St. New York 1946. 1 p. in ink on recto of a single yellow legal-size ruled note sheet. 1 vols. 14 x 8-1/2 inches. Very good. 1 p. in ink on recto of a single yellow legal-size ruled note sheet. 1 vols. 14 x 8-1/2 inches. "The hell with the coin box business ." Colorful unpublished note from Steinbeck to his friend Burgess Meredith:<br/><br/>"Dear Buzz: I've tried to call you several times but your line is either busy or you are out. This devotion has been carried on a coin booth which is little better than the back seat of a packard. We have no phone yet but hope to have one tomorrow or the next day. Mother Marie is building a nest for her new offspring and I am hard at work which immobilizes both of us pretty much. I am going to have lunch with Charlie Lytle remember the Pixie of Park Lane tomorrow May 8 at 21. Maybe you could drop in or maybe you'll be there anyway. I have to ask you something . Meanwhile I'll call you if we get a phone. The hell with the coin box business. John" Provenance: from the Estate of Burgess Meredith unknown books
194729899175 East 78 St. New York City 1947. One page in blue ink on recto of one sheet of personal stationery. 1 vols. 10 x 7 inches. Fine. From the Estate of Burgess Meredith. One page in blue ink on recto of one sheet of personal stationery. 1 vols. 10 x 7 inches. Letter to Burgess Meredith & Paulette Goddard. A rapid note on the eve of his trip to Europe to his close friends Burgess Meredith and Paulette Goddard:<br/><br/>"Dear Paulette and Buzzy:<br/><br/>We're leaving the 20th of June for Paris. We'll be I think at the Hotel Lancaster. If not you can contact us through the Herald Tribune Bureau.<br/><br/>Much hurry now and I'm still pretty much crippled. Do you know a dutch painter named Raaul Hynckle sp Since can't pay money now the Dutch publishers want to pay royalties in his work.<br/><br/>See you soon<br/><br/>John"<br/><br/>UNPUBLISHED. unknown books
194729900175 East 78 St. New York City 1947. One page in red ink on recto of one sheet of personal stationery. 1 vols. 10 x 7 inches. Slightly faded. From the Estate of Burgess Meredith. One page in red ink on recto of one sheet of personal stationery. 1 vols. 10 x 7 inches. "I'll have to walk with a stick for some time . " Fine quick personal note from Steinbeck to his close friends Meredith and Goddard. Just after his release from the hospital after falling out of his window and on the eve of his departure for a European tour he writes:<br/><br/>" . I got sprung from the hospital the day before yesterday a little wan and weak. I'll have to walk with a stick for some time but otherwise allright.<br/><br/>We kind of plan to go to France about the 15 - 20 of June. We'll be at Hotel Lancaster wherever that it - that is if we make it. So much can happen. Everything else seems to be going pretty well. We're going to have our troubles but I'11 tell you about that when I see you.<br/><br/>Love to you both . John"<br/><br/>UNPUBLISHED. unknown books
19431266The Rowfant Club 1943. STEINBECK John. HOW EDITH MCGILLCUDDY MET R.L.S. Cleveland Ohio: The Rowfant Club 1943. Quarto about 11.5 by 8.5 inches black & patterned cloth with leather title labels on front cover & spine in original turquoise-colored dust jacket; housed in a specially-made slipcase. Limited Edition of 152 numbered copies of which this #142. Goldstone & Payne A20a. Privately printed for members of The Rowfant Club. A very nice copy! Near fine condition very minor edgewear; contents clean and tight; some fading edges spine more heavily faded; few short tears & a few very tiny chips d/j. "142" in crayon on the front cover of the d/j- issued thus. Copies of this title are around but copies in nice original dust jackets are not. I believe I purchased this copy for a customer of mine from the famous Bradford Morrow John Steinbeck collection offered for sale in 1980. <br/><br/> The Rowfant Club hardcover books
19392005106Viking Press 1939. first. hardcover. near fine/very good. First edition First Published In April 1939 on copyright page and first edition stated on bottom of front flap. Book near fine. Dust jacket very good. Housed in a custom-made slipcase. Viking Press unknown books
1938160398New York: The Viking Press 1938. Octavo title page printed in red and black original terra cotta cloth with beige buckram shelf back spine and rear panels stamped in terra cotta top edge stained terra cotta. First edition. Steinbeck's first collection of short fiction. Goldstone and Payne A11a. Just a touch of age-darkening along gutter margins a common occurrence with this book and here far less than usually found a fine copy in nearly fine pictorial dust jacket priced $2.50 on the front flap with light wear at upper spine end folds and corner tips. A lovely copy. #160398 The Viking Press unknown books
1932140938544New York: Brewer Warren & Putnam 1932. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing; one of 650 copies of the first issue. Bound in publisher's green cloth with titles in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with slight lean and fading to spine. Remnants of dust jacket tipped in and partially removed at front paste down; front and rear free endpapers offset and with light tape ghosts. Pages toned. Steinbeck's second book of which only 1650 copies were bound and 650 of those sold. The remainder were sold to Robert O. Ballou in 1932. Goldstone & Payne A2a. Brewer, Warren & Putnam unknown books
1937Embry 141474Viking 1937. First edition number 74 of 699 hand-numbered copies signed by the author. Spine slightly dull still fine in fine faintly worn slipcase. Flexible tan cloth. Viking, 1937. First edition, number 74 of 699 hand-numbered copies, signed by the author. hardcover books
194729899175 East 78 St. New York City 1947. One page in blue ink on recto of one sheet of personal stationery. 1 vols. 10 x 7 inches. Fine. From the Estate of Burgess Meredith. One page in blue ink on recto of one sheet of personal stationery. 1 vols. 10 x 7 inches. A rapid note on the eve of his trip to Europe to his close friends Burgess Meredith and Paulette Goddard:<br /> <br /> "Dear Paulette and Buzzy:<br /> <br /> We're leaving the 20th of June for Paris. We'll be I think at the Hotel Lancaster. If not you can contact us through the Herald Tribune Bureau.<br /> <br /> Much hurry now and I'm still pretty much crippled. Do you know a dutch painter named Raaul Hynckle sp Since can't pay money now the Dutch publishers want to pay royalties in his work.<br /> <br /> See you soon<br /> <br /> John"<br /> <br /> UNPUBLISHED. unknown
194629904175 East 78th St. New York 1946. 1 p. in ink on recto of a single yellow legal-size ruled note sheet. 1 vols. 14 x 8-1/2 inches. Very good. 1 p. in ink on recto of a single yellow legal-size ruled note sheet. 1 vols. 14 x 8-1/2 inches. Colorful unpublished note from Steinbeck to his friend Burgess Meredith:<br /> <br /> "Dear Buzz: I've tried to call you several times but your line is either busy or you are out. This devotion has been carried on a coin booth which is little better than the back seat of a packard. We have no phone yet but hope to have one tomorrow or the next day. Mother Marie is building a nest for her new offspring and I am hard at work which immobilizes both of us pretty much. I am going to have lunch with Charlie Lytle remember the Pixie of Park Lane tomorrow May 8 at 21. Maybe you could drop in or maybe you'll be there anyway. I have to ask you something . Meanwhile I'll call you if we get a phone. The hell with the coin box business. John" Provenance: from the Estate of Burgess Meredith unknown
194729900175 East 78 St. New York City 1947. One page in red ink on recto of one sheet of personal stationery. 1 vols. 10 x 7 inches. Slightly faded. From the Estate of Burgess Meredith. One page in red ink on recto of one sheet of personal stationery. 1 vols. 10 x 7 inches. Fine quick personal note from Steinbeck to his close friends Meredith and Goddard. Just after his release from the hospital after falling out of his window and on the eve of his departure for a European tour he writes:<br /> <br /> " . I got sprung from the hospital the day before yesterday a little wan and weak. I'll have to walk with a stick for some time but otherwise allright.<br /> <br /> We kind of plan to go to France about the 15 - 20 of June. We'll be at Hotel Lancaster wherever that it - that is if we make it. So much can happen. Everything else seems to be going pretty well. We're going to have our troubles but I'11 tell you about that when I see you.<br /> <br /> Love to you both . John"<br /> <br /> UNPUBLISHED. unknown
1943003455Cleveland: The Rowfant Club 1943. First Edition. . Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Quarto. Pink and gray floral paper covered boards over black buckram spine with red gilt embossed title labels in ORIGINAL glassine dustjacket 11.25 x 8.25 inches. Limited one of 152 copies. 18 pages plus a facsimile letter from Edith Wagner signed by Steinbeck. Colored illumination to title and page numbers. Printed by the Grabhorn Press San Francisco October 1943 for members of The Rowfant Club. First appearance in book format of this Steinbeck short story. An exceptionally tight clean copy in the original fragile plain green jacket now protected in mylar with expected toning to jacket two closed tears and one open tear to rear jacket panel. A desirable copy of a SCARCE Steinbeck title. Size: Quarto <br/> <br/> The Rowfant Club hardcover
193779090NY: Covici Friede 1937. First edition first issue. 186 pp. Light offsetting and paperclip imprint to first leaf else near fine in very good plus dust jacket with tanned spine small chips to tips of flap folds and base and crown of spine and one short closed tear to front panel. NY: Covici Friede unknown
06589New York: The Viking Press 1941. Steinbeck and Ricketts - Science Friendship and the Gulf of California<br /> First Edition of Sea of Cortez<br /> <br /> STEINBECK John Steinbeck. Ricketts Edward F. Sea of Cortez. A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research. New York: The Viking Press 1941.<br /> <br /> First edition first printing. Octavo 9 1/4 x 6 inches; 235 x 152 mm. x 598 pp. Forty pages of inserted plates many in color.<br /> <br /> Publisher's green linen over boards front cover and spine lettered in silver map endpapers printed in blue top edge stained orange. Neat ink names on front paste-down. In the original color printed dust jacket extremities a little rubbed with a 3/4-inch closed tear to lower front panel. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket.<br /> <br /> An important and unusual work in the Steinbeck canon Sea of Cortez documents the 1940 marine expedition undertaken by Steinbeck and his close friend and collaborator Edward F. Ricketts. <br /> <br /> Blending scientific observation with philosophical reflection and travel narrative the book is as much a meditation on ecology and human interconnectedness as it is a record of biological collecting along the Gulf of California.<br /> <br /> The work is notable for its hybrid structure combining a detailed scientific catalogue with Steinbeck's narrative journal - later distilled by Steinbeck into The Log from the Sea of Cortez 1951. <br /> <br /> Copies of the original 1941 edition particularly in unrestored dust jacket are increasingly difficult to locate in collectible condition.<br /> <br /> A highly desirable Steinbeck first representing one of the most intellectually ambitious collaborations of his career.<br /> <br /> Goldstone & Payne A14a. New York: The Viking Press, 1941 unknown
19392606004Viking Press 1939. first. hardcover. fine/very good. First edition with "First Published In April 1939" stated on copyright page and first edition dust jacket slug on front flap. Book fine some discoloration to end papers. Dust jacket very good some wear and tear rubbing and chipping tears to upper and lower right of spine and upper front hinge panel tanning two bookstore stickers to rear flap. Comes in supplied slipcase. Viking Press unknown
1932140938544New York: Brewer Warren & Putnam 1932. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing; one of 650 copies of the first issue. Bound in publisher's green cloth with titles in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with slight lean and fading to spine. Remnants of dust jacket tipped in and partially removed at front paste down; front and rear free endpapers offset and with light tape ghosts. Pages toned. Steinbeck's second book of which only 1650 copies were bound and 650 of those sold. The remainder were sold to Robert O. Ballou in 1932. Goldstone & Payne A2a. Brewer, Warren & Putnam unknown
19374795New York: Covici Friedi Publishers 1937. First edition. Fine/Near Fine. One of 699 signed copies this one unnumbered. A Fine copy of the book in excellent condition externally and internally. Slight bowing to front board but in all bright clean and unmarked. In a Near Fine slipcase with just a hint of shelfwear. Lacking the original glassine.<br /> <br /> A coming of age tale as only Steinbeck can tell it. Mischievous and a little destructive Jody Tiflin takes his first step into adulthood when his father Carl gives him an important gift: his first horse to raise up a red pony that Jody names Galiban. Bonding and growing together Jody takes the responsibility of the red pony seriously; he cares for him daily ground trains him gets him into bridle and saddle and excitedly anticipates the day when he'll finally be able to ride Galiban. But before that can happen tragedy strikes. In an accident no one could have predicted Jody loses Galiban learns about the pain of loss and realizes the fallibility of the men who have trained him. An unforgettable story. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Covici Friedi Publishers unknown
1947005754Viking Press. Unclipped bright DJ in archival cover $2.00 price corner chips. 312 pages Stated Published by the Viking Press in February 1947. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1947. Viking Press hardcover
193821746New York:: Viking Press 1938. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Near Fine copy with the usual age darkening to the cloth binding in a Very Good plus unclipped dust jacket with gentle wear to the extremities a tiny chip missing near the head of the spine and a glue bleed through running along the fold of the rear panel. Otherwise a respectable copy of this collection of classic Steinbeck short stories that includes The Chrysanthemums The White Quail Flight The Snake Breakfast The Raid The Harness The Vigilante Johnny Bear The Murder St. Katy The Virgin the Complete Red Pony The Leader of the People. There were only 8000 copies of this title published in the First Edition. Viking Press, hardcover
1937205064New York: Covici Friede Inc 1937. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. All 4 flap corners clipped. Rubbing along panel edges. Second issue of first printing after publisher corrected errors. Covici Friede Inc hardcover
