Steinbeck JohnABAA
Steinbeck JohnABAA
Nothing So Monstrous
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
