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196134001New York: The Viking Press 1961. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. First Edition 8vo First Printing published by Viking. In the original publisher's blue boards with silver stamping and black labeling. Solid with no markings in a very good bright price-clipped dustwrapper. A bit of edgedwear and nicks.<br /> A reasonably priced example. The Viking Press unknown
16-5565New York: Martin Beck Theatre1942. 2 color letterpress on board. 22 x 14 inches."Free men cannot start a war but once it is started they can fight on in defeat. Herd men followers of a leader cannot do that and so it is always the herd men who win battles and the free men who win wars.â€â€• John Steinbeck The Moon Is Down.The Moon is Down was John Steinbeck's second attempt at writing a novel in play form Of Mice and Men was his first. It was composed while on assignment from the Foreign Information Service a division of the Office of Strategic Services charged with combating Nazi propaganda. His original story depicting a small American town invaded by enemy troops was rejected by the FIS who feared that it might demoralize the civilian public. In his revised manuscript published by Viking in 1942 Steinbeck kept the same plot but set it in an unnamed Scandinavian town rather than the United States. Despite mixed critical reception the book was a remarkable public success outselling The Grapes of Wrath two-to-one in pre-publication; it would eventually pass through 76 editions. Shortly after publication the producer Oscar Serlin purchased the dramatic rights to The Moon is Down Herman Shumlin initially bought them but passed them on saying he “did not care for The Moon is Down’s politics.†Serlin known for his production of “Life with Father†accepted the challenge believing Steinbeck’s play would attract a large audience. “The Moon is Down†premiered on Broadway in April 1942 starring Otto Kruger as Colonel Lanser and Ralph Morgan as Mayor Orden. Like the novel before it the play was publicly adored but critically lambasted. Life magazine reported that it was “trumpeted louder than any literary event of the season†while the critical consensus was that “Steinbeck was too easy on the Germans too optimistic about the ultimate victory of the Allies and ultimately too moralistic." Despite its initial Broadway run lasting only nine weeks the play was immensely successful on the road and abroad especially in London and Stockholm. Rather surprisingly it was nominated for Best Play by the New York Drama Critics’ Circle and placed second.Provenance: From the estate of producer Oscar Serlin. New York: Martin Beck Theatre,1942. unknown
193978<p>This is a charming copy of this classic novel. This volume is in nice condition. It's tan boards feature an embossed illustration on all sides. The interior pages are faded but also in beautiful condition. The dust jacket is quite worn and ripped. John Steinbeck won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1940 with this novel of the Depression Era dust bowl immigrants to California from Oklahoma.</p> The Viking Press hardcover
1939B5335Toronto: MacMillan c. 1939. Mild wear otherwise the book is in very good condition. . Edition: First Canadian Edition second printing before pub Binding: Original publisher’s illustrated cloth. Text on spine. Top edge dyed blue. Pasted and free endpapers illustrated with the sheet music for “Battle Hymn of the Republic.†Notes: The Grapes of Wrath is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939. The book won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for fiction and it was cited prominently when Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1962. Name of previous owner written on front endpaper. Size: 8vo 205x140mm. Category: Book Literature MacMillan hardcover
1939B5334Toronto: MacMillan c. 1939. Mild wear otherwise the book is in very good condition. . Edition: First Canadian Edition second printing before pub Binding: Original publisher’s illustrated cloth. Text on spine. Top edge dyed blue. Pasted and free endpapers illustrated with the sheet music for “Battle Hymn of the Republic.†Notes: The Grapes of Wrath is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939. The book won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for fiction and it was cited prominently when Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1962. Name of previous owner written on front endpaper. Size: 8vo 205x140mm. Category: Book Literature MacMillan hardcover
1957BL-002512New York: Viking Press 1957. 188 pp. Approximately 5 1/4 x 8". First Edition first state of dust jacket. Illustrated dust jacket in very good condition with minor edge wear some rubbing publisher's price of $3.00 on the front flap; Strawberry cloth over boards with heraldic blind-stamping yellow spine with red printing but discolored/darkened slightly top stain red pages clean and bright in very good condition. Goldstone & Payne A36a Generally considered as one of Steinbeck's lesser books this book did become popular enough to be a book-of-the-month selection. This is Steinbeck's only work of political satire and tells the story of an amateur astronomer Pippin who is proclaimed King of France. He spends most of his time trying to avoid any responsibilities and deal with hangers-on with inherited money. Much of the satire is clearly relatable to today's people and politics as well Viking Press hardcover
1961B6468New York: The Viking Press. 1961. In very good condition.<br><br>. Binding: contemporary light grey speckled paper over board title in black ink on flat spine edges uncut. Lacks dust jacket. Notes: Winter of Our Discontent is John Steinbeck's last novel published in 1961. The title comes from the first two lines of William Shakespeare's Richard III: "Now is the winter of our discontent / Made glorious summer by this sun of York". The story concerns mainly Ethan Allen Hawley a former member of Long Island's aristocratic class. Ethan's late father lost the family fortune and thus Ethan works as a grocery store clerk. His wife Mary and their children resent their mediocre social and economic status and do not value the honesty and integrity that Ethan struggles to maintain amidst a corrupt society. These external factors and his own psychological turmoil lead Ethan to try to overcome his inherent integrity in order to reclaim his former status and wealth.<br><br>John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. 1902 – 1968 was an American author. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception.†He has been called "a giant of American letters" and many of his works are considered classics of Western literature.<br> Size: Quarto Category: Book Literature The Viking Press. unknown
1962168536New York: Viking Press 1962. First Edition. First Edition. An account of the author's road trip through 40 states accompanied by his standard poodle Charley. Steinbeck would receive the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962 shortly after the book's publication.<br /> <br /> Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Owner name on the front endpaper with moderate foxing on the top and bottom board edges. Jacket lightly toned on the extremities. Viking Press unknown
19361370951New York: Covici Friede 1936. Second Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 269 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Good plus dust jacket. Brown and blue pictorial spine with black text. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering and has sunning to spine and light chipping to corners and spine edges. Price clipped. Boards have mild edgewear. Textblock has toning to endpapers and pastedowns gray mark on tail edge and wear to dye on head edge. Head edge of textblock dyed black. Correct dust jacket with no mention of publisher and "Author of 'Of Mice and Men'" on front cover. Shelved Case 13. 1370951. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Covici Friede hardcover
554943Kobenhaven: Gyldendalske Boghandel 1939. Softcover. Very Good. First Danish edition of Tortilla Flat. Illustrated self-wrappers. Spine toned a couple of tiny spots on front panel front hinge neatly restored very good or a bit better. Gyldendalske Boghandel unknown
1939003424New York: Triangle Books 1939. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Photoplay Edition. Printed by Triangle Books in a small print run to co-inside with the Hal Roach movie directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Burgess Meredith Lon Chaney Jr. and Betty Field. Fifteenth printing stated. Scenes from the movie are on the back panel of the dustjacket and different artwork from the first edition on the cover. Triangle also issued another edition with the more common Covici Friede artwork. Book is fine with no marks of any kind. Dustjacket has light rubbing to the corners and spine ends. There is a three inch piece of brown tape at the top middle on the reverse of the dustjacket which is invisible from the front. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Triangle Books Hardcover
194015353London: William Heinemann Ltd 1940. Hardcover. Very Good bound in full cloth with a Good dust jacket. A few chips tears and creases to jacket fading to jacket color some repair to jacket from jacket interior appears to be acid-free tape repair. Small location and date penned to front end page. Foxing. No writing to text binding strong. Small 8vo 7 1/2"h x 5"w. Uncommon "Cheap Edition" in jacket. William Heinemann Ltd hardcover
1940S1370USA : VIKING 1940. 1ST EDITION. HARDCOVER. NEAR FINE/NO JACKET. USA : VIKING 1940. 1ST EDITION. NEAR FINE/NO JACKET. USA : VIKING 1940. 1ST EDITION. NEAR FINE/NO JACKET. USA : VIKING 1940. 1ST EDITION. NEAR FINE/NO JACKET. USA : VIKING 1940. 1ST EDITION. NEAR FINE/NO JACKET. The Viking Press New York 1940. Cloth. Book Condition: NEAR FINE. No Jacket. Eleventh Printing. Beige boards with black line drawing of sharecroppers approaching the mountains on the front cover and black titles on the spine show soiling and rubbing. The hinges and spine are secure showing a slight roll. "Battle Hymm of the republic" endpapers. Unmarked mylar cover not remaindered or book club or library exceptional copy for the collector. 11th PRINTING VIKING hardcover
1942B4752New York: The Viking Press c. 1942. Very good condition. . Binding: Full contemporary blue publisher’s cloth with tooled title on upper board. Flat spine with silver title. Original dust jacket included. Notes: The Moon is Down is a novel by Steinbeck that tells the story of a military occupation of a small town in Northern Europe by the army of an unnamed nation at war with England and Russia. Widely published and translated it was the best known work of US literature in the Soviet Union for a period of time. Size: 8vo. 187x119mm. Category: Book Modern; Book Literature The Viking Press hardcover
194213302New York: The Viking Press 1942. First Edition Second Printing. Cloth. Very good/very good. First edition of The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck in first state dust jacket. Octavo 188pp. Blue cloth title stamped in silver on spine title stamped in blind on front cover. Lacking the "First Published" statement on copyright page signifying second printing. Top edge dyed blue. Solid text block dampstain to top edge of text block light wear to corners. In the publisher's first state dust jacket in very good condition $2.00 retail price on front flap light toning to spine and top edge closed tear along front edge of spine. With bright illustrations vibrant colors and untrimmed corners. Previous ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Goldstone & Payne A16. An important work by John Steinbeck this novel tells the story of the military occupation of a Northern European town by an unknown militant government. A timely work first published in 1942 at the height of World War II. The Viking Press unknown
1945008981NY: Viking. First edition first illustrated edition. Variant 2 printed by Rogers-Kellogg-Stillson bound by Kingsport Press Goldstone & Payne. Published without dust jacket. Published NY: Viking 1945 first printing. 8vo. 131pp. with color illustrations by Wesley Dennis. Gray cloth with gilt spine titles set in dark blue block blue cover panels with pictorial inset of pony all edges tinted dark blue illustrated endpapers. Small splash stain on front edge of front cover name in small hand on front fly leaf else fine. A brilliant copy. Lacking the slip case. . Near Fine. Hard. 1st. 1945. Viking unknown
1947303995New York: The Viking Press 1947. First Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. Closed tears on front panel top and bottom edges. Open tears on spine crown and heel. Shelfwear on spine. The Viking Press hardcover
19422511130001The Viking Press 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. First Edition First Issue. "First Published in March 1942" on the copyright page. Large period between talk and this on p.112. Hardcover and dust jacket. Tears to jacket. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Good binding and cover. Clean unmarked pages. 188 p. 19 cm. <br> "The Moon is Down is a novel by John Steinbeck set during an unnamed war reflecting themes of occupation resistance and the human spirit. The story unfolds in a small town that has been invaded with minimal casualties led by Colonel Lanser who aims to exploit the town's coal resources. The local mayor Orden grapples with the reality of the occupation and the potential responses of the townspeople who are initially uncertain about cooperating with their occupiers. As tensions rise the narrative explores the consequences of resistance including a trial and the execution of a local miner Alexander Morden which serves to galvanize the community against the invaders. The Viking Press hardcover
19959780613709224-2025Bt Bound 1995. Paperback. New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> John Steinbeck</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> Bt Bound</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Paperback</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9780613709224</p><p><strong>Release Date:</strong> 1995</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> Today nearly forty years after his death Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of America’s greatest writers and cultural figures. Over the next year his many works beginning with the six shown here will be published as black-spine Penguin Classics for the first time and will feature eye-catching newly commissioned art. Of this initial group of six titles The Wayward Bus is in a new edition. An imaginative and unsentimental chronicle of a bus traveling California’s back roads. This allegorical novel of pilgrimage includes a new introduction by Gary Scharnhorst. Penguin Classics is proud to present these seminal works to a new generation of readers—and to the many who revisit them again and again.</p> Bt Bound paperback
1939260313023Viking 1939. Hardcover. Very Good. Isth print copyright page states First published in April 1939 no other prints stated Oatmeal colored boards with sketch of family looking out over the hills that extends to rear board Viking hardcover
JD36775n.p. Sag Harbor 1966 Journal/Old Whalers Festival and First International Whaling Competition 1966 first edition wrappers. Softcover. Steinbeck's piece appears pages 4-5 with a photo of him attributed to Motor Boating Magazine Steinbeck was the festival's honorary chairman he is also credited with two others for Fireworks not recorded by Goldstone & Payne Morrow or Holmes. Very good. n.p. (Sag Harbor), 1966 Journal/Old Whalers Festival and First International Whaling Competition, 1966, first edition, wrappers. paperback
JD29454Aptos Roxburghe & Zamorano Clubs 1970 first edition wrappers. Softcover. One of only 150 copies printed at the Grace Hoper Press text is by James D. Hart with a letter from Steinbeck used as frontispiece it also includes Steinbeck's "translation" of a poem from the Ukranian into a language he created Goldstone & Payne A45a Morrow 279 this copy with the very white wrappers. Fine. Aptos, Roxburghe & Zamorano Clubs, 1970, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. paperback
JD29445NY Viking 1961 first edition first printing dust jacket. Hardcover. This was his last novel this morality tale is generally credited as securing him the Nobel Prize for Literature jacket is illustrated by Elmer Hader who also illustrated the dust jackets for Steinbeck's The Long Valley and The Grapes of Wrath Goldstone & Payne A38b Morrow 252. Very good plus. NY, Viking, 1961, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. hardcover
JD29820NY Viking 1947 first edition thus dust jacket. Hardcover. This is a "new" illustrated edition not the "first" illustrated edition as so many seem to think since the true first edition was also illustrated it reproduces 17 color paintings by Peggy Worthington who also illustrated the dust jacket as well as the front and rear pastedowns/endpapers Goldstone & Payne A4d see Morrow 32. Touch of binder's glue discoloration to endpapers still this is a clean bright and fine copy. NY, Viking, 1947, first edition thus, dust jacket. Hardcover. hardcover
DADAX0670001317Brand: Penguin Books 1963-04-26. paperback. New. 7.00x1.00x5.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Penguin Books paperback
