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1933140938668New York: Robert O. Ballou 1933. First Edition First Issue. Fine/Near Fine. First edition first issue. vi 325 pp. Publisher's green cloth with spine lettered in gilt black topstain. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket lightly worn at extremities back panel a little dust-soiled a little sticker remnant on front flap. An attractive copy of an uncommon first of Steinbeck's third novel one of only 598 copies sold. Robert O. Ballou unknown books
JD27388first edition. NY Covici Friede 1935 first edition first printing wrappers. Softcover. <br/><br/> The dust jacket is glued at the spine and then wrapped around the book these wrappered copies were issued in advance of the hardcover probably for review and/or promotion this was Steinbeck's breakthrough book it follows the antics of Monterey's Mexican-American paisanos although it is actually an allegory story of the Knights and the Round Table Goldstone & Payne A4a illustrated by Ruth Gannett this copy is an Association Copy being presented by Alice B. Toklas to an unknown recipient "From Alice B. Toklas/Paris March 1945 Toklas was the lifelong companion of Gertrude Stein the first trade hardcover was one of 4000 copies this wrappered advance copy is one of just 500 copies especially scarce with this association. Spine faded else a very good solid copy scarce in this format. hardcover books
194429593N.p. New York 1944. Typescript 3pp. numbered 1-3 on rectos of 3 leaves of duplicated radioplay typescript struck through approximately 600 words. Typed Letter one page. 1 vols. 10-14/ x 7-1/2 inches. Slightly age-darkened but very good overall. Typescript 3pp. numbered 1-3 on rectos of 3 leaves of duplicated radioplay typescript struck through approximately 600 words. Typed Letter one page. 1 vols. 10-14/ x 7-1/2 inches. "With Your Wings" Steinbeck Story of a Black Pilot. Evocative Steinbeck story or "mood piece" imagining a decorated black pilot returning to his hometown cheered by his neighbors and welcomed by his father in the house he grew up in with the remark: "Son - every black man in the world is going to fly with your wings."<br/><br/>In his cover letter to his friend Burgess Meredith who served in the Air Force during the war he writes:<br/><br/>"DEAR BUZZY:<br/><br/> A different version of the following was done for overseas broadcast to the troops by O.W.I. This is a different version. I don't know whether you would like to use it or not. It has an odd length. I might be a good idea to use it in some one of your shows. If you want it you are quite welcome to it. It was written against a background of music imagined music I mean. Should you desire to use it I think the story itself will suggest the music. Let me suggest however that the music be soft sustained and all of one piece and that it do not attempt to be directly descriptive of the piece but rather of the spirit of the piece. I would suggest that you yourself read it using the beautiful technique you used in "The Forgotten Village" . the soft reading that seems not to be reading at all. This is pure mood and would have to be delivered like soft music. Anyway there it is and you're welcome to it - if you want it."<br/><br/>Office of War Information for which Steinbeck worked during the WW II. <br/><br/>UNPUBLISHED until 2014 when the revived Strand Magazine published a version based upon a different typescript from the Steinbeck papers at HRC; a unique draft or variant copy of this moving war-time sketch.<br/><br/>From the Estate of BURGESS MEREDITH. unknown books
1941123887New York: The Viking Press 1941. First edition of this classic work. Octavo original cloth cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy inscribed by John Steinbeck on the title page. Some offsetting to the half-title page near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by W.V. Eckhardt. The collaboration of two friends--one a novelist one a marine biologist--produced a volume in which fascinating popular science is woven into a narrative of man's dreams his ideals and his accomplishments through the centuries. Sea of Cortez is one of those rare books that are all things to all readers. Actually the record of a brief collecting expedition in the lonely Gulf of California it will be science to the scientist philosophy to the philosopher and to the average man an adventure in living and thinking. The teeming and wildly competitive world of the sand flats is seen in terms of history politics ethics and sociology; a starfish is important not only because it is a new variety but because it is essential to the delicate balance of the whole region in which it is found. Steinbeck and Ricketts are the opposite of "pure" scientists: it is not only their work that fascinates them but the complicated and enormously exciting implications of that work. The Viking Press hardcover books
1932Embry 159549Covici Friede 1932 but 1935. First edition fourth issue. Binding darkened a shade more so to spine minor fraying to spine and corners just showing overall very good in darkened dust jacket once again more so to spine and with some random spotting and shallow chipping in mylar cover. Tan cloth titled in red and with red horizontal line running across both board and spine. Inscribed by the author in the year of issue "For Ed Lee John Steinbeck 1935" A previous dealer has indicated that the recipient was H. E. Lee lifelong Salinas resident. "This is the remaining portion of the approximately 1850 sheets sold by Brewer Warren & Putnam to Robert O. Ballou and by the latter to Covici-Friede." Goldstone and Payne: John Steinbeck A Bibliographical Catalogue of the Adrian H. Goldstone Collection A2e. Covici Friede, 1932 (but 1935). First edition, fourth issue. hardcover books
194127107New York 1941-42 1941. Overall condition is very good. Eight original gouache on paper art works with text and illustration for different trial versions of a theater poster for Oscar Serlin's production of the Broadway debut of John Steinbeck's play The Moon is Down New York 1942. Together with one version of a printed poster. Nine variations all demonstrably different and by several different artists only one of whom is identified: Witold Gordon who was known for his New Yorker magazine covers. His signature is on two of the versions. Sizes vary from approximately 13 x 9 to 28 x 20 inches; all are mounted on pasteboard or cardboard. The Moon is Down was John Steinbeck's second attempt at converting one of his novels into a play Of Mice and Men was the first. It was originally written while Steinbeck was on assignment from the Foreign Information Service a division of the Office of Strategic Services that was charged with combating Nazi propaganda. The first draft of the story depicting a small American town invaded by German troops was rejected by the FIS who feared that it might demoralize the American public. In the second draft Steinbeck kept the basic plot but changed the setting to a fictitious Scandinavian town. Despite mixed critical reception the The Moon is Down was a popular success and a bestseller. Shortly after its publication Broadway producer Oscar Serlin who thought the story would attract a large audience if made into a play purchased the dramatic rights. In April 1942 The Moon is Down premiered on Broadway with Otto Kruger as Colonel Lanser and Ralph Morgan as Mayor Orden. Its initial run lasted nine weeks and the play was well received on the road and abroad especially in London and Stockholm. The Moon is Down was nominated for Best Play by the New York Drama Critics' Circle and placed second. Provenance: The collection of producer Oscar Serlin. <br/><br/> (New York, 1941-42) unknown books
19631256111963. fine. 10 lines 4to Moscow n.d. 1963. "We got your cable and a load lifted from our hearts.Oh! We are pleased.This is a frantic job but very interesting." Steinbeck was in the USSR to discuss piracy of copyrighted books. The letter is on his personal letterhead with the address crossed out and rewritten U.S. Embassy Moscow. With the holograph mailing envelope postmarked Helsinki.<br/><br/> unknown books
19516041701951. "John Steinbeck" in blue fountain pen ink September 18 1951. 8 1/2" x 11"; 4 pages recto only. With on hand ink correction initialed by Steinbeck. Very good. Contract for assignment of motion picture rights for the revised screenplay "Viva Zapata!" to 20th Century Fox. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
19363317New York: Covici Friede 1936. First edition. Near Fine. 4 25 3 pp. Square 12 mo original gilt decorative boards gilt cloth spine lettered in red. Mt. Vernon New York: S.A. Jacobs The Golden Eagle Press 1936 No. 84 of 199 copies signed by the author. Very light cover wear otherwise in excellent condition. Preserved in a clamshell box. <br/><br/>Steinbeck's hilarious satiric parable of a pig converted to Christianity offered as a Christmas gift to the friends of Covici-Friede Steinbeck's current publishers. A slip laid into each copy not present in this one announced the imminent publication of Of Mice and Men. <br/><br/>Goldstone & Payne A6. Near Fine. Covici Friede unknown books
JD30425first edition. NY Viking 1962 first edition wrappers. Softcover. <br/><br/> Frontispiece photo portrait of Steinbeck one of 3200 copies printed Goldstone & Payne A40a Morrow 269 this copy Inscribed by Steinbeck under his frontispiece photo very scarce thus. Fine. paperback books
1933160410New York: Robert O. Ballou 1933. Octavo pp. 1-8 1-325 326-328 first and last leaves are blanks title page printed in green and black original green cloth spine panel stamped in gold top edge stained black pictorial endpapers. First edition first printing first issue. The author's third book. 1498 copies were printed; this is one of 598 copies that were bound and sold. Powell California Classics no. 19. Goldstone and Payne A3a. Morrow 22. A fine copy in nearly fine first printing pictorial dust jacket priced $2.00 on the front flap with shallow chipping at upper spine end and light wear at lower spine end and several small internal tape ghosts one with faint show through on rear panel. A lovely copy. Enclosed in a custom quarter leather rounded back clamshell box. #160410 Robert O. Ballou unknown books
29916N.p. n.d. 25pp. on versos of 25 unruled sheets. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. Very good. From the Estate of Burgess Meredith. Bound with a cover Typed Letter Signed 10/30/69 from Shirley McCurry's secretarial service to BURGESS MEREDITH saying: "Dear Mr. Meredith Gwyn Steinbeck asked that we forward the enclosed poems to you. She will send the material to fill in the blanks as soon as she is able to decipher it . . 25pp. on versos of 25 unruled sheets. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. The Love Poems of John Steinbeck to Gwyn. These are Gwyn's own transcriptions of the love poems written to her by Steinbeck sent to their good friend Burgess Meredith. It is not clear whether the manuscripts have survived although Jackson Benson p. 57 states of the little poetry which Steinbeck wrote "there is a series of love poems written to his second wife Gwyn which has also survived. unknown books
1941Embry 160084Viking 1941. First edition first printing. Gutters lightly browned slight rubbing to spine tips and corners near fine to fine in very good dust jacket some shallow chipping rubbing to folds and some short tears with creases and some loss of color in mylar cover. Signed by the author on the endpaper. Viking, 1941. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1954Embry 160225Viking 1954. First edition first printing. Slight crimping to spine tips very minor bump to upper front corner still fine in very good lightly toned dust jacket with light foxing to rear panel and a light stain to lower rear jacket flap extending to flap and rear panel and with some short tears and crazing to edges mostly to spine tips and corners in mylar cover. Briefly inscribed by the author " To.From John Steinbeck New York 1958." Viking, 1954. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1939006301Macmillan 1939. Book. Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Canadian. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy in a near fine price clipped jacket.Macmillian on spine of jacket and also on spine of book replacing Viking.Title page"Toronto:the Macmillian Company of Canada Limited at St. Martin's House."This copy is a Second Printing Before Publication. Fresh Copy.Small chip in Crown.An Incredibily Rare Edition.My First One in 25 Years of Collecting.The jacket is lightly Used. Awesome Copy. So much Rarer than Viking Edition. Macmillan Hardcover books
1950291506New York: Viking 1950. First. hardcover. near fine/near fine. 8vo gray cloth lettered in red d.w. N.Y.: Viking 1950. First Edition.<br/><br/> Presentation copy "with my best wishes/ New York 1950". Near fine copy with the usual browning on the end-leaves and the impress of a paper clip on the rear two leaves. The dust wrapper has minimal edge-wear and original $2.50 price.<br/><br/> Viking unknown books
1950263813New York: Viking 1950. First. hardcover. near fine/near fine. 8vo gray cloth lettered in red d.w. N.Y.: Viking 1950. First Edition.<br/><br/> Presentation copy "with my best wishes/ New York 1950". Near fine copy with the usual browning on the end-leaves and the impress of a paper clip on the rear two leaves. The dust wrapper has minimal edge-wear and original $2.50 price.<br/><br/> Viking unknown books
19361114024Covici-Friede 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. A fine first edition in a very good dust jacket. Octavo 8" x 5 3/8"; 349pp. Publisher's tangerine-colored cloth the spine ruled in red and titled in black the top edge stained red; in the original completely unrestored pictorial dust jacket priced at $2.50 Goldstone & Payne A5b. The first novel in the author's 'Dust Bowl Trilogy' that also included Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath. The central figure of this novel is an activist for "the Party" possibly the American Communist Party or the Industrial Workers of the World although it is never specifically named in the novel who is organizing a major strike by fruit pickers seeking followers for his cause. GP A5B. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Covici-Friede hardcover books
1962122693New York: The Viking Press 1962. First edition of Steinbeck's Nobel Lecture. Octavo original wrappres. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the title page "For the Waldmanns with pleasure John Steinbeck." Presented with original mailing envelope. In near fine condition. John Steinbeck presented his Nobel Lecture on December 10 1962 and was awarded the Prize "for his realistic and imaginative writings combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception." The Viking Press unknown books
19391508123Viking 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. A fine first edition in a very good first edition dust jacket. First Edition slug on front flap. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Viking hardcover books
1937151121001New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Limited edition signed by John Steinbeck on the limitation page. Copy letter W. While the limitation page states 699 copies were issued this is one of an additional estimated 52 copies that were lettered. Tipped in on the front free end paper is an address label from McIntosh & Otis Steinbeck's literary agency; though unmarked this copy is from the estate of Eugene Winick former president of the agency. Near Fine with uneven toning to cloth. In a Poor matching lettered slip case which is fragile and incomplete lacking the top and bottom panel. Covici Friede Publishers hardcover books
194529903Hotel Marik Cuernavaca Mexico 1945. One page in ink on recto of a single sheet ruled note paper. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. Very good. From the Estate of Burgess Meredith. One page in ink on recto of a single sheet ruled note paper. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. Steinbeck in Cuernavaca. UNPUBLISHED letter written from Cuernavaca while Steinbeck was in Mexico "riding herd" on the shooting of the film version of THE PEARL<br/><br/>Dear Buzzy and Paulette: I've forgotten where you live. I've forgotten Milly's i.e. LEWIS MILESTONE'S street number too but at least I remember his street. We don't live at the hotel but we get our mail there. I know Paulette knows the place. We have a little house with a big garden about half a mile from the plaza - very pleasant. Will be here until October I guess. We don't start shooting THE PEARL until August. I don't suppose there is much chance of your coming down after you finish the Chambermaid Meredith's DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID. Blumey was asking about you the other night when we were in town.<br/><br/>We're getting lots of sun and oddly enough a lot of work done a thing I can hardly believe. I wonder how your film "Diary of A Chambermaid" goes. I have some ideas for the future - too many but perhaps worth discussing some time. Tom grows like a bloody weed. He is so black we will have trouble getting him into a hotel in Georgia. And he is very strong and no intellectual company whatever. Gwyn thrives here. Anyway we'll see our picture through here and then go on to New York in October and after that we have no plans.<br/><br/> . The grapevine has nice things to say about your picture. And Renoir is a great man. I've always wanted to work with him.<br/><br/>The rains are just starting here and the fine big clouds all day. It's pretty wonderful.<br/><br/>Please give our love to Kendal and Milly. And to yourselves. JOHN"<br/><br/>with: Telegram from Steinbeck's wife Gwendolyn in New York to Burgess Meredith in Monterey Calif. conveying Steinbeck's address in Cuernavaca: "Dear Buzz John is in Mexico Address Hotel Marik Cuernavaca Mor. Mexico . Gwen in New York. unknown books
193916176JNew York: Viking 1939. First Edition First Printing. With the bookplate of Albert E. Smith film pioneer and founder of Vitagraph Studios. The engraved bookplate shows the Vitagraph logo of an eagle with wings spread hovering over the earth globe which has a large letter V in the center beneath which is a shelf of books. Fine clean copy in a very good dust jacket with some restoration by an expert paper conservationist. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. An American literary landmark and the basis of the acclaimed 1940 film classic starring Henry Fonda John Carradine Jane Darwell directed by John Ford. Viking unknown books
JD30871NY 1963 first edition. <br/><br/> This is a 10-page legal contract between Broadway producer David Merrick and Steinbeck as represented by his agent Annie Laurie Williams allowing Merrick to turn Steinbeck's screenplay for the film Viva Zapata 1952 into a Broadway musical the first six pages are comprised of original typescript plus typed emendations and carbon emendations all of which are initialed by Merrick in the margins 25 times pages 8-10 are carbon typescript page 8 is signed originally by Merrick in full who paid Steinbeck $1000 for this option page 9 is titled Schedule "A" and is a carbon typescript initialed by Merrick page 10 is also a carbon of a letter from Steinbeck to Merrick in which Steinbeck agrees to have his name shown 25% less in size to those who would author the musical this page although a carbon is originally dated Jan. 11 1963 and is signed originally by Steinbeck this musical project was never made this item was not in the Adrian H. Goldstone collection not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow now housed in a cloth folder. Sheets are stapled in the upper left-hand corner essentially fine. hardcover books
1939RSTEGRA01twViking 1939. Very Good. Steinbeck John. Grapes of Wrath. New York: Viking 1939. 1st edition. 619pp. 8vo. Book condition: Very good with a slightly darkened spine a small number in ink and small scribbled out initials on front endsheet. A very attractive copy in a beautiful custom box. Viking unknown books
