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19691302019New York: The Viking Press 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; VG/VG; brown spine with tan and black text; jacket has protective mylar cover rubbing age toning writing on back flap; boards are strong and clean; textblock has age toning otherwise clean; pp 182; limited edition - one of 1000 unnumbered copies. 1302019. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. The Viking Press hardcover books
1969273161New York: Viking 1969. First. hardcover. fine/fine. 8vo two-toned cloth d.w. New York: Viking 1969. First Edition.<br/><br/> Viking unknown books
1964RSTELET00ECRoxburghe & Zamorano Clubs 1964. Very Good. Steinbeck John. Letter from John Steinbeck. NP: Roxburghe & Zamorano Clubs 1964. Thin 4to. Book condition: Very good with edges of the covers are lightly bumped. A couple tiny closed tears along the bottom edge of covers. 1 of 150. Ex libris Sam Weller. Roxburghe & Zamorano Clubs unknown books
197813949San Francisco: Book Club of California 1978. First edition. One of 500 copies printed at the Plantin Press. xix 119 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth and boards. Mint copy in dust jacket which is very slightly faded at spine. First edition. One of 500 copies printed at the Plantin Press. xix 119 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Book Club of California unknown books
1995WELLER9780140187465Peguin 1995. New. New book. Peguin unknown books
1942010559New York: Viking Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 1942. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First printing first state with stated publication date of March 1942. Mylared dust jacket has chips a half inch tear a sunned spine edge toning and creasing and soil on rear. Not price clipped. Blue boards with silver and blue imprint. Sunning on spine and edges light soil. Spine cocked. Light soil on top edge and a few pages some toning on endpapers and bookplate on first free endpaper. John Steinbeck's wartime novel takes place in a Euopean country occupied by a foreign army with little resistance similar to Norway's occupation by Germany. The book was published illegally in France during World War II. ; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall; 188 pp . Viking Press hardcover books
19426705LONDON HEINEMANN 1942 1942. First English edition resent and printed in the U.K. Dust jacket back faded a gew nicks. Very good. Terracotta cloth variant binding. 1st Edition. Hardcover. LONDON, HEINEMANN, 1942 hardcover books
19436702WASHINGTON PENGUIN BOOKS 1943 1943. STIFF PICTORIAL WRAPPERS "FIRST PENGUIN EDITION" VERY GOOD. 1st Edition. Soft cover. WASHINGTON, PENGUIN BOOKS, 1943 paperback books
1942574961942. STEINBECK John. THE MOON IS DOWN. New York: Viking Press 1942. First edition first issue. 188 pp. 8vo. blue cloth stamped in blind to upper board and printed in silver to spine. Very nice copy in very good illustrated dust jacket that shows light shelfwear at spine. Near fine. unknown books
1943541211943. STEINBECK John. THE MOON IS DOWN. A Novel. Garden City New York: Sun Dial Press 1943. Movie edition. Illustrated with photographs from the movie. 8vo. blue cloth. Slight edgewear else near fine in lightly soiled and worn dustwrapper. Uncommon. unknown books
1934002282Macmillan Company 1934 1934. F. First Edition. first book published with Steinbeck contribution. "B1" Item. Book by Berton Braley. Book in near fine condition with wear and tear along top and bottom of the spine. no DJ. Macmillan Company, 1934 unknown books
1936274072New York: Pynson Printers 1936. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Illustrations by Donald McKay. Thin 8vo marbled boards with orange cloth spine; very minor edge-wear. New York: Pynson Printers 1936. Limited First Edition.<br/><br/> Of 370 copies this is one of 50 made at the request of Edwin J. Beinecke who has presented it to Robert Borthwick Adam of the famous book collecting family. Borthwick's name is inscribed in the colophon and there is an additional Christmas greeting on the front fly-leaf to Adam signed by Beinecke whose leather bookplate is affixed to the end-paper and has offset onto the fly-leaf.<br/><br/> Pynson Printers unknown books
JD6519first edition. NY Pynson Printers December 1936 first edition. <br/><br/> Issued without dust jacket this hardcover with marbled boards and orange cloth spine is the first separate printing of the Junius Maltby story from Steinbeck's second book The Pastures of Heaven Goldstone & Payne A2f see Morrow 16 issued here with a new title and an epilogue written especially for this book by Steinbeck it is one of only 370 copies for presentation by a number of subscribers to be used as a Christmas gift it includes pen and ink drawings by Donald McKay this particular copy is even more special in that it is one of just six copies purchased by Steinbeck himself his name is printed in the colophon as having requested the book which he then presented and inscribed to his older sister Elizabeth and her husband Gene "Beth and Gene/with love/John Steinbeck" this is probably the last of the close family copies to come to the marketplace the rest are already in institutions. Minor bump to spine bottom else fine. hardcover books
1936WRCLIT26375New York: Pynson Printers 1936. Cloth and marbled boards. Illustrations by Donald McKay. Very minor wear to fore-tips otherwise fine. First separate edition with a new epilogue. One of a total edition of 370 copies. This is one of the copies without an imprint for one of the five subscribers and the space for the recipient is blank. GOLDSTONE & PAYNE A2f. Pynson Printers] hardcover books
1936WRCLIT28334New York: Pynson Printers 1936. Cloth and marbled boards. Illustrations by Donald McKay. Extremities shelfworn scattered foxing just a good sound copy. First separate edition with a new epilogue. One of a total edition of 370 copies. This copy bears the imprint for subscribers not among the five recorded by Goldstone & Payne Helen & DeWolf Gibson thereby further muddying up this issue. The subscribers have designated this copy as for "Connie & Bunny." GOLDSTONE & PAYNE A2f. Pynson Printers] hardcover books
1936WRCLIT55686New York: Pynson Printers 1936. Cloth and marbled boards. Illustrations by Donald McKay. Very minor wear to fore-tips otherwise fine in chipped and worn glassine. First separate edition with a new epilogue. One of a total edition of 370 copies. This is one of the copies without an imprint for one of the subscribers but has been signed in place of the subscriber's name by Elmer Alder and denoted by him as for presentation to Walter Pforzheimer. As principal of the Pynson Printers Adler is recorded as having subscribed for fifty copies for distribution; it is also possible that he distributed some out-of-series copies as well. GOLDSTONE & PAYNE A2f. Pynson Printers] hardcover books
19381339999New York: Triangle Books 1938. Triangle Books Tenth Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 186 pages; G/G; spine tanned with black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; some shelf wear and age toning; small chips missing from head and tail of dust jacket; wear at corners of flaps; some scuffing to spine; foxing to back cover of dust jacket; spine cocked; boards and text block bent; upper edge dyed green; previous owner's bookplate at front free end paper; pages clean; shelved Case 2. 1339999. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Triangle Books hardcover books
1977276958Norwalk: Easton 1977. hardcover. fine. Martin Fletcher. Illustrated by Fletcher Martin. 165pp. Slim 4to gilt-stamped brown leather a.e.g. Norwalk: Easton Press 1977. A fine copy.<br/><br/> 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series.<br/><br/> Easton unknown books
1937107258Covici Friede 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. The first edition first state with "pendula" on page 9 in a first issue dust jacket with the $2.00 price and no mention of later printings on the bottom of the front flap. Jackets without the $2 price present are probably from a later or book club printing. Comes in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Book is in near fine condition in a good dust jacket tanned on the spine and separated at edge of spine. Covici Friede hardcover books
1306117Covici Friede Publishers. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. As new facsimile first edition. Looks identical to the original first edition from cover to cover. Comes housed in matching slipcase. Covici, Friede Publishers hardcover books
1937123593New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1937. Early printing of Steinbeck's "marvelous picture of the tragedy of loneliness" Eleanor Roosevelt. Octavo original cloth blue topstain. In very good condition. Bookplate. John Steinbeck began Of Mice and Men as a children's story. "Although the finished novelette does not seem appropriate for children--that intention was obviously abandoned--the simplicity of its style and the clarity and precision of its imagery may well have been prompted by this original purpose. " Benson 326. The result is "a sophisticated and artful rendering of the basic conflict between two worlds: between an idealized landscape and the real world with its pain and anguish" Literary History of the American West. "A thriller a gripping tale . . . that you will not set down until it is finished. Steinbeck has touched the quick" The New York Times. Covici Friede Publishers hardcover books
193717476New York: Covici Friede 1937. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 19.5cm; bound in oatmeal buckram with titles and decoration stamped in black and brown on spine and front panel; gray topstain; dustjacket; 172pp. Some trivial offset to gutters from binders glue topstain slightly dulled else very Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped spine-sunned with a few tiny nicks and edge tears; Near Fine. The scarce play version of Steinbeck's tale of migrant farm workers in the Salinas Valley likely produced in smaller numbers than the novel published the same year. GOLDSTONE & PAYNE A8.a HANNA 3344. Covici Friede unknown books
195808642New York: The Viking Press 1958. First Edition. Fine/About Fine. 233 pages top edges stained red; price of $3.95 on front flap. Minor wear at jacket extremities short closed tear top of front panel a trace of fading at jacket spine. Goldstone & Payne A37. <br/><br/> The Viking Press unknown books
1958160402New York: The Viking Press 1958. Octavo original half boards and cloth top edge stained red. First edition first printing. World War II dispatches first published in THE NEW YORK HAROLD TRIBUNE 21 June 1943 to 15 December 1943. Goldstone and Payne A37a. A bit of rubbing to spine panel a nearly fine copy in very good dust jacket priced $3.95 on the front flap with light wear at spine ends and corner tips and small abrasion to rear panel affecting several words of descriptive copy. #160402 The Viking Press unknown books
195817825New York: Viking Press 1958. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; brown marbled paper over boards quarterbound in mustard yellow cloth with titles stamped in red on spine; red topstain; dustjacket; 233pp. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket unclipped but with the price scratched out subtle fading to spine and a touch of soil along rear flap fold. A later Steinbeck title though much nicer than usually encountered. GOLDSTONE & PAYNE A37.a. Viking Press unknown books