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07946New York 1936: Covici Friede Publishers. Advance Review Copy. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/About Fine. Steinbeck's bibliographer Adrian Goldstone's copy with his bookplate and his notes pencilled on the rear end paper; Third Edition second edition according to Goldstone & Payne in the dark blue cloth; also a pencilled note on front pastedown by John Payne Goldstone's collaborator: "Adrian had 3 copies of this book. He kept 1; gave one to UT; & gave me this copy. Feb. 1972." Near fine dust jacket with author of "Of Mice and Men" on front panel. Publisher's slip laid in. Housed in a handsome maroon cloth covered slipcase. Covici, Friede Publishers unknown
000586Yolla Bolly. F. F in slipcase. Limited edition signed by Wallace Stegner; with Stegner intro. 1st ltd. edition. Yolla Bolly unknown
1942003281Brussels: Kogge 1942. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First French Edition. Definitive French text by Albert Debaty. Large paper edition limited to 275 copies this being number 210. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Hardcover maroon boards lettered in gilt curved to match the text block. Map in color between pages 136 and 137. 704 pages in total. Book has never been read. The binding string would have to be cut to open the large format pages. A beautiful copy of a very scarce publication. Issued without a dustjacket. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Kogge Hardcover
1964603863New York City: Privately Printed 1964. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Quarter leather & decorated paper boards. Wear on the board edges thus very good. One of 200 copies "not for sale." A eulogy for John Emery consisting of 4pp. of text 2pp. by Zachary Scott & 2pp. by Steinbeck plus a portrait photo. illustration. On the title page it reads "as read at the services." followed by a typewritten correction "in New York City November 18 1964" laid down over the original incorrect date. Privately Printed hardcover
1994003360London: Heinemann 1994. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author's Wife. 1st Edition. First Edition stated with full number line. 536 pages indexed and illustrated. Precedes the US edition. Included is a handwritten note from Elaine Steinbeck on her stationary: "Dear David and Toni Here is the new biog. I hope you like it. It is selling well in great Britain and will come out in the US in Feb. There are several mistakes in this book which have been corrected. And you can see the caption #5 on the photo is not the 11th St. house. These have been corrected. Please don't mention that I've sent this book to the rest of the family. I'll send them copies when it comes out here. All love Elaine Aug.16th My birthday party was a great bash! And a poem in the local paper about "Elaine at 80"!" Notes from Elaine Steinbeck with this much content are quite scarce. Also included is a short typed biographical sketch of Elaine Steinbeck. This was David Heyler's copy who was a close friend of John & Elaine Steinbeck and an avid collector of his work. He was married to Toni Heyler aka Joan who was Mary Steinbeck's John Steinbeck's sister daughter. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Heinemann Hardcover
1937100479New York: Covici-Friede 1937. First edition. Near fine in a price-clipped good or better dustwrapper with some chipping near the bottom of the front flap fold and a large but faint dampstain. An uncommon play adapted by Steinbeck from his own novel. Steinbeck's stage adaptation condenses his novella into a three-act tragedy ideally suited to theatrical presentation. The play's dialogue-driven format strips away narrative contemplation rendering each character's thwarted ambitions through stark unadorned exchanges that intensify the work's central themes: the impossibility of economic independence during the Depression the profound isolation persisting within communal spaces and the brutal incompatibility between human vulnerability and a system demanding complete self-sufficiency. The inexorable march toward Lennie's death demonstrates how certain lives become expendable when they cannot conform to society's demands. Covici-Friede unknown
197020260Limited Editions Club. Near Fine. 1970. Hardcover. Signed by the illustrator. Limited edition of 1500 copies this being copy #869. Quarter tan leather cover with denim cloth boards is sunned and scuffed on spine but cloth is pristine. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Publisher's notes laid-in. Pages are clean and pristine. Slipcase is sunned with a couple small soil spots but in very good condition. ; 0 pages; Signed by Artist . Limited Editions Club hardcover
1965000854Moscow: Progress 1965. Hardcover. First edition; 5 x 8; pp. 4 5-255; beige cloth over boards illustrated in brown and black; minor fading and age-toning to spine; very light forward slant to spine; very good to near fine. A beautiful edition of John Steinbeck's classic on his road trip across the United States. Moscow: Progress hardcover
19411000099<p>Sea of Cortez A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research with a Scientific Appendix Comprising Materials for a Source Book on the Marine Animals of the Panamic Faunal Province by John Steinbeck and Edward F. Ricketts published in 1941. Hardcover with original jacket. Shelfwear to boards and chipping to jacket especially on the spine of dust jacket. Original owners gift inscription on half title page.</p> hardcover
dola3281New York: Viking Press 1954. First Edition a slightly later issue with unstained top edge & reviews below Steinbeck’s photo portrait on rear dw. 8vo. pp. x 273. tan cloth. A very good copy in price-clipped dw. with minor wear to edges. dola3281 New York: Viking Press, [1954] hardcover
1954005829Viking Press. First Edition First Printing. Unclipped DJ in archival cover corner chips paper clip impression owners name and date. Original $3.50 price on flap. Stated first published by Viking Press in June 1954. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1954. Viking Press hardcover
1939mon0003166065Viking Press 1939-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.1102 9.1299 6.5709. First edition first printing statement on the copyright page. In facsimile dust jacket. Oatmeal cloth cover shows minor wear foxing on the joints. Pages are clean. Viking Press hardcover
194245604NY: Viking. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition hardcover "first published in March 1942" and first state with period between talk and this on line 11 of p. 112 no printer listed to CP. Fine condition but for faded topstain and slight toning to top page edges. The DJ in mylar is faintly sunned to spine/flap edges rubbed to spine edges wtih a tiny nick to heel. The rear flap has what appears to be the original price sticker. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Viking hardcover
19421504719Viking Press 1942. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine first edition second state. No parenthesis but has defective b in second state in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Viking Press hardcover
19473114876New York: Viking Press. Very Good. 1947. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Fine in brick red cloth in '2nd issue' dust jacket with photo portrait of Steinbeck looking to his right printed in sepia tone. Priced $2.00 Jacket would be fine but for a 1 1/2"-inch closed tear at head of front panel with single clear tape mend on interior. Nearly as new copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 122 pages . Viking Press. hardcover
1961005966Viking Press. Unclipped DJ in archival cover small chip. $4.50 price on the flap. Stated first published in 1961 by the Viking Press Inc. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1961. Viking Press hardcover
19351370959London: William Heinemann 1935. First UK Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 268 pages. In Good plus condition. Bound in blue cloth with black text on sunned spine. Lacking issued dust jacket. Boards have sunning to spine bumping and rubbing to corners and bending to spine edges. Text block has owner inscription on front endpaper splitting to gutter of page 268 and slight pencil writing on rear pastedown. "First Published 1935" on copyright page. Shelved Case 13. 1370959. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. William Heinemann hardcover
1933223925New York: Covici Friede 1933. First edition second issue. Full beige cloth with green horizontal rule lacking dust jacket. Toned spine small spot to rear panel else fine copy in mylar cover. Goldstone/Payne A3b. Covici Friede unknown
1933471second issuepages browningbook has been read cover open flattext unmarked covici.friede hardcover
199112016Covelo California: The Yolla Bolly Press 1991. Fine. 1991. Limited Edition. Hardcover. WITHOUT SLIPCASE. Number 67 in an edition of 257 copies signed Karin Wikstrom on the colophon. 169 pp. ; 4to; bound in handmade Japanese paper over boards with burgundy buckram spine and corners. AND A COPY OF MAKING BOOKS IN THE WOODS by James & Carolyn Robertson about Yolla Bolly and the creation of letterpress books. The original treatment by Steinbeck for a proposed 1949 film biography. Lost for over thirty years the manuscript was recovered by The Yolla Bolly Press. Steinbeck's lost book is a stirring account of the life of Emiliano Zapata the martyred hero of the Mexican Revolution. ; Roberston James & Carolyn. Making Books in the Woods. Covelo California: The Yolla Bolly Press 1997. 4to; 10 leaves; printed title on opaque paper endpapers. One thousand copies were printed. The type was set in Bembo by Monotype at M&H Type in San Francisco and by hand at the Press. Illustrated with photographs of the Press taken by Brian Shea and printed by duotone offset lithography. This is one of 750 unsigned copies in Fabriano Ingres wrappers. A description of a distinctive approach to the printing of fine books - in a barn - within the relatively remote confines of Covelo situated in the Round Valley region of California. . The Yolla Bolly Press (1991) hardcover
196228023New York: Viking. Fine. 1962. First Edition; First Printing. Pamphlet. A very attractive Special Limited edition of 3200 copies/first printing in Fine condition; Steinbeck's acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize for Literature on Dec. 10 1962 in Stockholm in which he chastizes Mankind for his assumption of God-like power warns of the responsibilities thereof and praises literature as the mode of communication best suited for peaceful solutions ; 8vo . Viking unknown
1936015064Covici Friede 1936. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Fine Copy In Like Jacket Author's First Book Third Issue. First Edition. Rare In This Condition. Beautiful Copy. . Covici Friede Hardcover
1954017354Entr Provinciale Per IL Turismo 1954. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Both The French & English Editions. First Editions. Scarce Steinbeck Title. Excellent Copies. Entr Provinciale Per IL Turismo Paperback
1940016964World Books 1940. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy In The Photo l jacket.First Edition1940 Front Of Jacket Shows All Actors In The Movie. Rare in Any Condition. Tape To Crown & Heel Inside Of Jacket. Beautiful Copy. World Books Hardcover
1942017356The Viking Press 1942. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Limited Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1/700 Copies In Wraps Limited Edition Very Good Copy Of This Steinbeck Classic. The Viking Press Paperback
