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1964Embry 196199Privately Printed 1964. First edition one of 200 copies. Small chip to head of spine some rubbing to joints neatly colored to match lower front corner just showing overall very good in custom mylar cover. Black leather backed patterned boards. Service date and place tipped onto title page. Privately Printed, 1964. First edition, one of 200 copies. hardcover books
196424319New York: Privately Printed 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good . 8vo. Privately printed in a small edition of 200 copies as an eulogy for actor John Emery. Includes the texts of readings by Zachary Scott and John Steinbeck. Quarter leather over patterned red and gold boards. Issued without dustwrapper. Fairly minor wear to board edges small tape shadows to pastedowns else a bright near fine copy. Now protected with a clear acetate wrapper. A somewhat uncommon Steinbeck-related item for completists. Correction to date on the title page using a somewhat clumsy paste-over. Privately Printed hardcover books
1983018769Winterthur: Amadeus Press 1983. 247p. b/w illus. original stiff wrappers. Preface and foreword are in English German and French. Text is in German or French. Amadeus Press unknown books
19392011607Viking Press 1939. first. hardcover. near fine/very good. First edition First Published in April 1939 stated on copyright page. First edition also printed on bottom of front flap. Book near fine some soiling on front paste-down and front free end paper. Dust jacket very good minus wear and some pieces missing. Viking Press unknown books
1895S8754Berlin:: Julius Springer 1895. 1895. First edition. 8vo. ix 268 pp. 10 plates with 80 tipped-in fabric samples 2 engraved folding plates engraved text figs. Original gilt stamped black cloth gilt spine; spine ends worn inner hinge cracking. Ownership signature on title. Very good. FIRST EDITION. Features 10 plates with 80 tipped-in fabric samples. Julius Springer, 1895. hardcover books
200150025Amherst NY: Prometheus Books 2001. Inscribed and signed by the author. Illustrated title page. 360 pp. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Black paper covered boards. Head and heel lightly bumped. Else a very nice copy in like dustjacket. Very good/Very good. Prometheus Books hardcover books
1965Embry 182311Viking Circa 1965. Near fine. Tan cloth no dust jacket. Viking, Circa 1965. hardcover books
1948WRCLIT59079Los Angeles: RKO / National Screen Services 1948. Complete set of eight 11 x 14 inch color lobby cards. Small marginal mend on verso of card 6 a few minor marginal nicks minor soft creases to card 7 barely visible except on the blank verso light dust smudges to versos but a very good or better set. A complete set including the title card of the lobby cards promoting the 1948 U.S. release of the 1947 film adaptation of Steinbeck's novella. The film first released as LA PERLA was produced in Mexico by Film Asociados Mexico-Americanos in association with Ãguila Films and was directed by Emilio Fernandez who also collaborated with Steinbeck and Jack Wagner on the screenplay. Master of golden age Mexican cinema Gabriel Figueroa served as cinematographer and won a Golden Globe Award for his work on this film. Steinbeck's conception of THE PEARL as a cinematic vehicle from the start he discussed it as a film with Fernandez as early as 1941 and his active participation in its production make it of particular significance in the field of Steinbeck- related film. Complete sets are uncommon. RKO / National Screen Services unknown books
196424632San Francisco: Roxburghe & Zamorano Clubs 1964 1964. First edition one of 150 copies printed as a keepsake for the biennial meeting of the Roxburghe and Zamorano clubs. Goldstone & Payne A42. Fine copy. 4to original white wrappers stitched as issued red lettering. The first appearance in print of this humorous note which Steinbeck wrote to one of his professors the father of the printer Sherwood Grover while at Stanford University circa 1920. <br/><br/> San Francisco: Roxburghe & Zamorano Clubs, 1964 unknown books
196418979N.P.: Roxburghe & Zamorano Clubs 1964. First Edition. One of 150 copies printed at the Grace Hoper Press by Sherwood and Katharina Grover. Quarto; hand-sewn cream-colored wrappers with titles printed in orange on front cover; 12pp. A Fine copy. The first appearance in print of Steinbeck's letter to his former Stanford University professor regarding his "training in versewriting." GOLDSTONE & PAYNE A42a. Roxburghe & Zamorano Clubs unknown books
1964WRCLIT63217San Francisco: Roxburghe & Zamorano Clubs 1964. Quarto. Sewn printed wrappers. Wrappers slightly darkened and slightly bumped at forecorners very good. First edition. Prefatory note by Katharine Carruth Grover. One of 150 copies printed at the Grace Hoper Press. The letter was written while Steinbeck was a student at Stanford. GOLDSTONE & PAYNE A42. Roxburghe & Zamorano Clubs unknown books
196413952Aptos Calif: Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs 1964. First Edition one of 150 copies printed at the Grace Hoper Press. 12pp. 1 vols. 4to. Printed wrappers a lttile rumpled and soiled othewise very good. First Edition one of 150 copies printed at the Grace Hoper Press. 12pp. 1 vols. 4to. A letter to Steinbeck's professor of English explaing his "training in versification". Goldstone & Payne A42 Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs unknown books
1940WRCLIT59820Stamford: The Overbrook Press 1940. Paper over boards printed label. Tiny nicks at two fore-tips small faint spot on upper board otherwise near fine. First boardbound edition preceded by a four page leaflet printing. One of three hundred and fifty copies printed. Steinbeck's reply to issues pertaining to GRAPES OF WRATH and accusations of it being "Jewish propaganda." Uncommon. GOLDSTONE & PAYNE A13b. CAHOON p.27. The Overbrook Press hardcover books
19481712006Viking Press 1948. Special Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Advance review copy. Comes with slip from publisher. Book very good minor wear minor soiling mainly of covers with some water damage at front lower corner and rear upper corner. Dust jacket very good some wear and foxing on inside of dj. A slipcase is supplied. Viking Press hardcover books
194856008New York: Viking Press 1948. First Edition. Illustrated with photos by Robert Capa. 220 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Original grayish green cloth with moderate tan spine G & P binding first variant. Very good copy in Very Good unclipped dust jacket with some internal scotch tapings. First Edition. Illustrated with photos by Robert Capa. 220 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Goldstone & Payne A27a1 Viking Press unknown books
1948160405New York: The Viking Press 1948. Octavo original blue green boards with beige cloth shelf back front and spine panels stamped in black top edge stained blue green. First edition first printing. Steinbeck's journal of his trip to Russia was first published in THE NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE 14 January 1948 to 31 January 1948. Goldstone and Payne A27a. Endpapers a bit tanned a nearly fine copy in good dust jacket priced $3.75 on the front flap with wear and shallow chipping along top and bottom edges the latter mainly at spine ends and at bottom edge of rear panel. #160405 The Viking Press unknown books
597694 lines written "Dear Mrs. Newlands". Steinbeck writes back to a collector looking for a copy of the scarce book "Northing So Monstrous" noting "I haven't any idea where you can find the book in question. It was a small edition. Sorry to be of so little assistance. Sincerely John Steinbeck". Included with a carbon of the letter requesting information. Old folds but in nice clean condition. unknown books
2266461The Viking Press 1966. 2nd Printing. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2nd printing before publication. Jacket price clipped 1 inch closed tear on front jacket corner jacket toned. 1966 Large Hardcover. We have more books available by this author!. 207 1 pp. By the Nobel Prize winning author of The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men. Illustrated with pictures by 55 photographers. CONTENTS: Foreword; E Pluribus Unum; Paradox and Dream; Government of the People; Created Equal; Genus Americanus; The Pursuit of Happiness; Americans and the Land; Americans and the World; Americans and the Future; Afterword; Acknowledgments. The Viking Press hardcover books
1966107794Viking Press 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. NY Viking 1966 1966. NY Viking 1966 first edition near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Hardcover. First issue binding with the author and title in gilt running down the spine this was the last of his books published during his lifetime Steinbeck's text is illustrated with 136 pages of color and b&w photos by Ansel Adams Alfred Eisenstaedt Henri Cartier-Bresson Art Shay Gordon Parks and many others Goldstone & Payne A43a Morrow 271. Viking Press hardcover books
2002001912Viking 2002. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. First Edition. advance uncorrected proof fine in wrappers. this is the 2002 edition edited by Shillinglaw and Benson. Viking unknown books
003803Viking. F. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First edition 1966. Book fine withslight wear at spine ends. DJ near fine price-clipped with slight chipping at spine ends and corners slight rubbing on back slight nicking at top of spine slight discoloration on spine edges of flaps and inside DJ. Viking hardcover books
1966773231966. STEINBECK John. AMERICA AND AMERICANS. Photographs edited by the staff of Studio BooksThe Vicking Press.New York: The Vicking Press 1966. First edition. Profusely illustrated throughout some color. 207 pp. 4to. bound in half blue and half green cloth gilt title at spine endpaper maps. A little foxing along the top edge else a fine copy in a very good relatively bright jacket showing just a little rubbing edge tears nick at bottom of the spine and a spot of residual tape residue much nicer than generally found as this large book tends to see a lot of use. Goldstone & Payne A43.a. 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
194629904175 East 78th St. New York 1946. 1 p. in ink on recto of a single yellow legal-size ruled note sheet. 1 vols. 14 x 8-1/2 inches. Very good. 1 p. in ink on recto of a single yellow legal-size ruled note sheet. 1 vols. 14 x 8-1/2 inches. "The hell with the coin box business ." Colorful unpublished note from Steinbeck to his friend Burgess Meredith:<br/><br/>"Dear Buzz: I've tried to call you several times but your line is either busy or you are out. This devotion has been carried on a coin booth which is little better than the back seat of a packard. We have no phone yet but hope to have one tomorrow or the next day. Mother Marie is building a nest for her new offspring and I am hard at work which immobilizes both of us pretty much. I am going to have lunch with Charlie Lytle remember the Pixie of Park Lane tomorrow May 8 at 21. Maybe you could drop in or maybe you'll be there anyway. I have to ask you something . Meanwhile I'll call you if we get a phone. The hell with the coin box business. John" Provenance: from the Estate of Burgess Meredith unknown books
194729899175 East 78 St. New York City 1947. One page in blue ink on recto of one sheet of personal stationery. 1 vols. 10 x 7 inches. Fine. From the Estate of Burgess Meredith. One page in blue ink on recto of one sheet of personal stationery. 1 vols. 10 x 7 inches. Letter to Burgess Meredith & Paulette Goddard. A rapid note on the eve of his trip to Europe to his close friends Burgess Meredith and Paulette Goddard:<br/><br/>"Dear Paulette and Buzzy:<br/><br/>We're leaving the 20th of June for Paris. We'll be I think at the Hotel Lancaster. If not you can contact us through the Herald Tribune Bureau.<br/><br/>Much hurry now and I'm still pretty much crippled. Do you know a dutch painter named Raaul Hynckle sp Since can't pay money now the Dutch publishers want to pay royalties in his work.<br/><br/>See you soon<br/><br/>John"<br/><br/>UNPUBLISHED. unknown books