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1941324980New York: Viking Press 1941. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. All four corners of front and rear flaps clipped. Closed tears on front panel bottom corner and top and bottom rear panels. Viking Press hardcover
1945324904New York: Viking Press 1945. First Illustrated Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Viking Press hardcover
123175aafMünchen, bey Johann Baptist Strobel, 1802, in-8vo, XX (inkl. Titelbl. mit gest. Vignette) + 299 S. (+ 1 weiss), Ex-Libris ‘SR Sammlung Schweiz. Rückversicherungs Gesellschaft’, Interimsbroschur.
1941002990New York : Viking 1941 Bound in tan buckram with green illustration and titles 143 pp. Jacket with some chips splitting at the folds. Internally offsetting from the covers. Of interest to the art world and Hoosiers this copy is from the estate of Brown County artist Claude Curry Bohm. Viking hardcover
1975014276The Viking Press 1975. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Autographed Note. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Fine Copy In Like Price Clipped Jacket First Edition ALS from Elaine Steinbeck About The Book to Friend Who Let her Know About The Death of John's Friend Nelson Valjean.Amazing Copy. The Viking Press Hardcover
1975014276The Viking Press 1975. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Autographed Note. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Fine Copy In Like Price Clipped Jacket First Edition ALS from Elaine Steinbeck About The Book to Friend Who Let her Know About The Death of John's Friend Nelson Valjean.Amazing Copy. The Viking Press Hardcover books
1937014628Covici Friede 1937. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Price Clipped Jacket 2nd Issue Without Period on Page 88 Rare In this Condition.Gorgeous Fresh Copy of His Short Masterpiece. Covici Friede Hardcover
1958017389The Viking Press 1958. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Price Clipped Jacket. Unfaded Spine On Jacket. Ink Ownership. Beautiful Copy Of This Steinbeck Classic . The Viking Press Hardcover
1954016153The Viking Press 1954. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Jacket. First Edition.$3.50 On Flap. Excellent Fresh Copy of This Steinbeck Classic. The Viking Press Hardcover
1946016703William Heinemann Ltd 1946. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Fine Copy In a Very Good Plus JacketSlight Loss To The Crown. First Australian Edition 1946. Very Scarce. Ink Name. Excellent Copy. William Heinemann Ltd Hardcover
19331346In good condition but without DJ. Spine discolored with age. <br /><br /><br />See photos.<br /> Covici. Friede Publishers hardcover
1937014628Covici Friede 1937. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Price Clipped Jacket 2nd Issue Without Period on Page 88 Rare In this Condition.Gorgeous Fresh Copy of His Short Masterpiece. Covici Friede Hardcover books
1937015050Covici Friede 1937. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Price Clipped Jacket First Edition 2nd State Beautiful Fresh Copy. Scarce in This Condition. Covici Friede Hardcover books
1942blb04500<p>New York: The Viking Press 1942. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Blue cloth on boards with blind stamped design and title to front and bright sharp silver gilt lettering and design to spine. Book is tight square particularly sharp-cornered and free of any markings or flaws inside or out - Near Fine or better. Top edge dyed blue-gray. Unclipped Dust Jacket shows original price of $2.00 and colors and titling are bright with no fading. Very minimal scuffing or shelfwear to DJ - also Near Fine. This is the First Edition Second State determined by the presence of ""Haddon Craftsmen"" on the copyright page the period removed on page 112 line 11 and the line ""Second Printing Before Publication"" on the copyright page as well. A fantastic collectible copy of this important book. It follows the rebellion of a small town occupied by Nazi forces and was made into a movie in 1943 by 20th Century Fox. The screenplay was by Nunnally Johnson based on the novel - directed by Irving Pichel. The film starred Sir Cedrick Hardwicke Henry Travers Lee J. Cobb Dorris Bowden and Margaret Wycherly.</p> The Viking Press hardcover
19575004435NY: Grosset & Dunlap 1957. Bound in tan textured boards stamped in red. In a colorful dust jacket. This copy has the scarce photoplay wraparound in black and white and red with four black and white photos from the movie on each panel and dust jacket flap. Photos depict Jayne Mansfield Dan Dailey and Joan Collins. Dust jacket shows a 1/2" scuff to top of front panel. Top pages of book are in deep red. The book shows some mottling and yellowing to endpapers with one clip to top corner of ffep. Exceedingly scarce with the photoplay wraparound band. 312 pp. Ref.: Harmon 61m. Far scarcer than the first Viking edition of the book - which was published in 100K copies. . Reprint. Half-Leather. Very Good/Very Good . Grosset & Dunlap Hardcover
1961018754New York: The Viking Press 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 311pp. Beautiful First Edition bound in blue-green cloth with titles in silver upon a black cloth spine label and the author's name in silver on the upper and lower portions of the spine. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Perhaps a touch of softness to heel. Board edges mildly toned. Very attractive unclipped dust jacket $4.50 has some tiny nicks to the spine ends and a couple of closed tears that have been repaired with clear tape on the reverse. Mild toning to spine panel and flap folds. Still fresh and bright and presents quite well. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price. The Viking Press hardcover
1947055514NY: THE VIKING PRESS. SMALL CHIP TO THE UNCLIPPED DJ FLAT SIGNED BY PEGGY WORTHINGTON. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1947. THE VIKING PRESS hardcover
JD28310Seattle Western Printing Company n.d. 1943 first edition. This c.18X24-inch poster advertises that "John Steinbeck writes about the little man in the war" in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer during World War II the top of the poster is dominated by his name and a likeness of Steinbeck the bottom half advertises his writing "Now in the P. I" not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow. Age-toned along edges else clean bright and fine now housed in a black steel and glass frame. Seattle, Western Printing Company, n.d. (1943), first edition. unknown
JD37341NY Armed Services Editions n.d. 1944 first edition thus wrappers. Softcover. No. C-90 in this important series with a note about the author at the end it was later reprinted within the Armed Services Editions series as No. 690 in 1945 Goldstone & Payne G&P incorrectly states that No. 690 is the first issue both G&P and Morrow 115 incorrectly give 1943 as the date of publication this is one of the very scarce D-Day Armed Services Editions issues issued by the Council on Books in Wartime designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Very good. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. paperback
198010923A LETTER OF INSPIRATION Charles and Ingrid Sachs 1980 first edition fine in wraps. 1/100 copies. Issued as a Christmas greeting it reprints what was originally a letter to the editor of the "Monthly Record" in its June 1938 issue. The magazine was devoted to inmates of the Connecticut State Prison System. Charles and Ingrid Sachs paperback
1945894F30London: William Heinemann 1945 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. The first UK edition of John Steinbeck's classic American novel set in Monterey during the Great Depression. The first UK edition first impression in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Steinbeck's novel follows the inhabitants of a street in Depression era California that is lines by sardine canneries. The novel follows the local grocer marine biologist and the leader of a group of downtrodden people.With the contemporary inscription 'A Happy New Year A.H. 1945' to the front free endpaper.This first UK edition was published in three variant bindings with no established priority. This is the second variant bound in orange cloth. In the publisher's original cloth binding with price unclipped dust wrapper. Light shelf wear to back strip tail otherwise externally excellent. Inscription to front free endpaper. Dust wrapper bright with loss to back strip head and minor loss to back strip tail. Two small closed tears to head of front wrap with further small closed tear to tail of rear wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine William Heinemann hardcover
2011SONG0147506050Random House Books for Young Readers 2011-06-28. Box. paperback. Used: Good. 5.80x4.80x8.70. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Random House Books for Young Readers paperback
198433331142Covelo California: Carolyn and James Robertson The Yolla Bolly Press 1984. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Wikstrom Karin. One of 260 copies folio size 60 pp. signed by Wallace Stegner and Karin Wikstrom. John Steinbeck 1902-1968 considered "a giant of American letters" was best known for his portrayals of families in California often exploring themes of alienation and injustice through "everyman" characters n. b. info from Wikipedia. "Flight" is a short story originally published in the collection "The Long Valley" on the subject of manhood as the protagonist Pepe strives to fill his father's place. While in town he kills a man and must fllee and his subsequent trials reveal that Pepe is not only "trying to live up to the foolish and romantic ideal of manhood common to his kind but is one of the incarnations of Everyman pursuing the ideals that foolish or not. . .in the end give him stature and dignity" per the afterword. <br /> <br /> Wallace Stegner 1909-1993 provides an afterword for this edition. Stegner was often called "The Dean of Western Writers"; he was a member of the faculty at Stanford University and founded its creative writing program. The Stegner Fellowship program at Stanford was named in his honour and he is a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in 1972 and the U.S. National Book Award in 1977. In the afterword Stegner analyses the themes and characters in the story in the context of Steinbeck's other work as well as the literary movement at the time.<br /> <br /> Included in this publication by The Yolla Bolly Press are woodcuts by Swedish artist Karin Wikstrom b. 1959 who has contributed illustrations for several other Press editions including "The Inland Whale" by Theodora Kroeber and "Zapata" by John Steinbeck. Here her prints evoke a pathos for the tragic fate of the characters in their pursuit of dreams and dignity. <br /> <br /> ___DESCRIPTION: Full natural linen with wrap-around tan illustration of desert landscape white paper spine label with brown lettering fore-edge uncut tan endpapers title page with orange woodcut by Karin Wikstrom six colour woodcuts by Wikstrom tipped in throughout orange woodcuts by Wikstrom throughout; Goudy Modern type folio size 12 1/4" by 10 1.4" pagination: i-vi 1-39 40-42 43-52 53 1 colophon this no. 161 of 250 numbered copies total edition of 260 signed by Wallace Stegner and Karin Wikstrom on the colophon. Loosely laid into the book is a small note from the publisher regarding variation in handmade books. In a slipcase covered with brown paper.<br /> <br /> ___CONDITION: A fine copy; the covers clean the corners straight and unrubbed the binding tight with solid hinges the interior clean and bright and free of prior owner markings; as new; the laid-in note also fine. The slipcase is fine overall strong and sturdy free of splits or tears clean without wear other than a few very light stray marks on one side.<br /> <br /> ___POSTAGE: Please note that this is an unusually heavy volume and additional postage may apply; please inquire for details. Internationa customers please also note that any taxes duty or tariffs charged by your country will of necessity be your responsibility.<br /> <br /> ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Carolyn and James Robertson, The Yolla Bolly Press hardcover
19541300Salerno: Ente Provinciale per Il Turismo 1954. <p>8vo. 225 x 140 mm. 8 ¾ x 5 ½ inches. 30pp. Stiff printed yellow pictorial wrappers. Four-color stylized image of Positano on front cover. Printed in two colors throughout. Fine.<br /> <br /> First Edition Thus First Printing. Not in Goldstone and Payne which describes an edition in Italian dated 1955 A34a and what appears to be a later printing of this present edition dated 1959 A34b. Not in the Harry Valentine Steinbeck Collection Catalogue.<br /> <br /> In May 1953 a travel piece by Steinbeck on the Italian coastal village of Positano appeared in Harper’s Bazaar. A southern Italian tourism agency issued the present first separate edition of it in 1954. In 1955 using the same wrapper design and format they issued an Italian language edition Goldstone & Payne A34a and in 1959 they reprinted that edition in English—occasionally though erroneously referred to as the first edition in English Goldstone & Payne A34b. From the inventory of Burton Weiss Bookseller.</p> . Ente Provinciale per Il Turismo unknown
1954ABE434500620Viking Press New York New York 1954. 1st Stated Edition. Cloth. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. First Edition Stated 1954 Light to normal shelf wear. Tan cloth with red lettering blue boards. Text exceptional numeric writing inside front coververy small. Rare/scarce rm # 230 Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: ABE434500620. . Viking Press hardcover
