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000137New York: Viking Press 1942. First Edition. . Hardcover. Nearly Fine/None. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. Octavo. Pictorial light blue cloth with a bomber wing and ensignia. A fine copy. no dings chips wear or off setting to end papers as is common. Penguin Reference Li brary rubber stamp on end paper saves this from being a very fine copy. Bright and clear with no scuffing to the white stars. <br/> <br/> New York: Viking Press, 1942 hardcover
194245711New York: Viking 1942. 1st edition. Near Fine. octavo. chipped dust jacket 185pp. b/w pls. index Nice bright copy in decorated cloth with a slightly chipped but essentially complete dust jacket Viking hardcover
1942139071The Viking Press - New York 1942 In-8 reliure éditeur illustée,. 186 pages. Photographies dans le texte12:39:51
199050292New York: Paragon House. Very Good. 1990. Paperback. New York: Paragon House 1990. First Paperback Edition. 60 Photographs by John Swope. A Near Fine copy. . Paragon House paperback books
19421278626New York: The Viking Press 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 184pp.; VG/G; spine blue and yellow with yellow lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering price uncut '$4.50'; dust jacket has numerous chips including to the top of the front cover top of the rear cover head and tail of spine corners; age-toning to spine rear cover; first printing dust jacket with no printing information on lower rear cover; publishing profits fund is perpetual go to the Air Forces Aid Society; KT consignment; shelved case 2. 1278626. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Viking Press hardcover books
1941403859New York: The Viking Press 1941. 8vo. 185 pp. 60 black-and-white photographs by John Swope. Original decorated cloth. A very good copy without the jacket. FIRST EDITION. A wonderful association copy warmly inscribed by 8 of the 10 members of the first crew of the B-24 Liberator Bomber "Billie B" to the woman for whom the plane was named by its first pilot 1st Lt. Joseph Robins Littlepage. Nearly full-page inscriptions by the pilot navigator and co-pilot in blue ink on the front pastedown and the front free endpaper as well as by the crew engineer assistant crew engineer radioman assistant radioman and one of the gunners in blue ink on the rear free endpapers. The pilot's inscription reads "To Billie - / From the skipper to her namesake. There isn't much I could tell you other than we are just another combat crew tryin to bring our standards up to the finest ship ever built 42-40076 the Billie "B" / JR Littlepage / First Pilot" The navigator's inscription reads "May 16 1943 / Hi Billie - / Tho I haven't had the pleasure of meeting you I feel that I already know you. However I still have hopes of meeting you in the near future. In the meantime I'll keep doing my darndest to navigate your name sake safely to her targets and back again. / Best wishes from the navigator / James H. Scholl / Gonzales Texas" The co-pilot's inscription reads "Hello Billie - / We are all waiting for the day that we can introduce you to the "Billie B." However from the way Joe talks it won't be a fair comparison. We will all be seeing you. / Until then - George L. Goddard / co-pilot". The inscription by S/Sgt. Harold A. Denison Asst Crew Engineer is a charming 4-line attempt at poetry. The other inscriptions are by S/Sgt. Thomas R. Brady Jr. Gunner T/Sgt. Cyril B. Cluff Jr. Radioman/Gunner and S/Sgt. Clifford H. Muhlhausen Asst. Radioman. Below that of S/Sgt. Harold Hutton Justus Crew Engineer is this moving addition by the pilot "Note - / I'd rather fly without one of the engines than leave him on the ground loyal to the crew faithful at his work and loves the ship as I do -- the Air Corps has none as good - the country none better - / J.R.L." In addition the pilot has annotated 49 of the 60 B&W photos the accompany Steinbeck's journalistic account of the training of a typical flight crew. The notes are often amusing: the captions of pictures of a B-17 and a B-24 on facing pages were modified to read "Boeing B-17E commonly known as the Flying Fortress Junk Heaps" and "Consolidated B-24 commonly known as the Liberator Billie 'B'"; in many cases they are merely informative aimed at telling her name sake about crew activities and features of the plane; and sometimes touching beneath the chapter opening photograph of a pilot 1st Lt. Littlepage has added "And don't think he's not scared". The only members not represented are 1st Lt. Leonard Barton Conway Bombadier and S/Sgt. William Posledni Gunner. The newly commissioned B-24 Liberator Bomber "Billie B" 42-40076 was assigned to the 13th Air Force 307th Bombardment Group "The Long Rangers" 370th Bomber Squadron and was first stationed at Carney Field Guadalcanal on May 29 1943 with this crew flying missions until July 3 when the plane was grounded for repairs. On July 6 the 10-man crew was assigned to another plane for a bombing mission to Bougainville Island and the plane and crew was lost at sea on its way back from the Philippines. The "Billie B" was assigned to a replacement crew and went on to serve valiantly in the South Pacific until the end of August 1944. . <br/><br/> The Viking Press hardcover books
1942109635New York: The Viking Press 1942. First edition of Steinbeck's riveting account of his experiences with several bomber crews of the U.S. Army Air Forces during WWII. Octavo original cloth illustrated with 60 photographs by John Swope. Association copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "Dear Mr. Wilson Many thanks for your lucid thoughts and interest in my work John Steinbeck." The recipient Edmund Wilson was an American literary critic and progenitor of the Library of America publication series. His critical works helped foster public appreciation for many of the foremost American writers of the 20th century including F. Scott Fitzgerald Ernest Hemingway John Dos Passos and William Faulkner. Steinbeck's inscription refers in jest to Wilson's harsh critique of his work in his 1941 publication The Boys in the Back Room: Notes on California Novelists. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition. An exceptional association linking these two great American men of letters. Steinbeck was commissioned to write the present volume by the United States Army Forces as part of an effort to increase Air Force recruitment and morale. In order to write the book Steinbeck traveled more than 20000 miles in 30 days visiting dozens of training corps and flying fields with John Swopes himself a flier who took the 60 photographs that illustrate the book documenting the various jobs needed to form a bombing team. All royalties of the author and photographer as well as publishing profits were endowed to the perpetual Air Forces Aid Society Trust Fund to provide emergency aid for the families of fliers lost in the line of duty. The Viking Press hardcover books
1942Embry 122182The Viking Press 1942. First edition first printing. Spine with some lean and darkened a shade. Spine tips rubbed and with a ding to upper front panel still a good copy with hinges firm in a very good dust jacket with a few shallow chips and tiny creases to upper edges and with some toning and a short closed tear to rear panel in mylar cover. Written for the U.S. Army Air Forces. Inscribed by the author "For six lessons from Madame John." The Viking Press, 1942. First edition, first printing. unknown books
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked covers, slighly tanned pages and no bumping to corners. 163pp. This issue includes early Winston Churchill books, Brian Cook dust wrappers, Ruth Rendell, Ronald Firbank, Guy N Smith, Fay Weldon, John Steinbeck, Sax Rohmer, Fu Manchu.
JD30661Petaluma Anchor & Acorn Press 1990 first edition wrappers. Softcover. With its illustrated dust jacket first separate printing of this superb short story No. 83 of 100 numbered copies illustrated with hand-colored wood engravings and Signed by the illustrator Colleen Dwire Weaver including a wood engraving of a young John Steinbeck writing this illustration lies within a double-spread title page and was created by Weaver from photos of Steinbeck by Sonya Noskowiak and Robert Capa it also includes an Afterword by Weaver who produced this fine press item as part of an internship and who later received permission from Elaine Steinbeck to sell her remaining copies most were given away to her family and friends very scarce. Fine. Petaluma, Anchor & Acorn Press, 1990, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. paperback
19501393570New York NY: The Viking Press 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 159 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Faded yellow orange and grey spine with black lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "$2.50" has mild shelving wear and moderate age-toning along the spine. Boards have mild wear along the head and tail edges. Textblock has small stains on the end-pages mild wear along the edges stains on the fore edges mild age-toning along the edges and light foxing along the head edge. Shelved Room C. 1393570. Special Collections. The Viking Press hardcover
1950STBUVI50<p>First edition. A fine copy. The dust jacket all but fine only with minor creasing a slight trace of abrasion at the rear flap and unessential tape reinforcement along the edges of the verso. An outstanding copy overall presented in custom velvet-lined clamshell box from Asprey. One of Steinbeck s most ambitious works in which he experimented with writing a play in the format of a novel.</p> Viking Press hardcover
1950115530Viking Press 1950. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. First printing. Jacket edgeworn with mild chipping. Viking Press hardcover
1950MOD12-D-10New York: The Viking Press 1950. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8" by 5.5". None. The first edition of this novel from Pulitzer winner John Steinbeck. First edition first printing. 'Burning Bright' was written as an experiment with producing a play in novel format. Rather than providing only the dialogue and brief stage directions as would be expected in a play Steinbeck fleshes out the scenes with details of both the characters and the environment. The intention was to allow the play to be read by the non-theatrical reader while still allowing the dialogue to be lifted and performed with little adaptation by acting companies. In a grey cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally generally smart with just some slight shelfwear. Dustwrapper is sound though with some edgewear and handling marks. Internally firmly bound. Ink signature to front free-endpaper. Pages are generally bright and clean aside from a few patches of foxing. Very Good The Viking Press hardcover
19503001<p>New York:: The Viking Press 1950. First edition. A fine hardcover copy in a bright unclipped NF dust jacket. Dust jacket has slight color loss on one spot on the back about the size of an eraser head. DJ has very light wear on tips and spine.</p> The Viking Press hardcover
1950015927The Viking Press 1950. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Jacket.First Edition.$2.50 on Flap. Excellent Fresh Copy Of This Play- Novelette. . The Viking Press Hardcover
1950170893New York: Viking 1950. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Light chip at spine heel. 1/4 inch closed tear at top of rear panel. Viking hardcover
1962C02593Bantam Books 1962-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 1962 reprint clean & tight orange cover with black spine faint spine crease does not effect binding a few tiny rubs no markings of any kind edges of textblock dyed yellow a nice copy Bantam Books paperback
1950BL-001446New York: The Viking Press 1950. 159 pp. Approximately 5 x 7 1/2". First edition first printing. Dust jacket is very good with minor chips and wear and does have the $2.50 price on flap small closed tear on front top edge of cover. Original tan cloth over boards red lettering on cover and spine orange dye on top edges bookseller's ticket on rear paste-down endpaper very minor foxing to edges otherwise in near fine condition. Goldstone & Payne A29aThe form of this book is a "play-novelette" which is a play that is easy to read or a short novel that can be played. Steinbeck used this method experimentally in "Of Mice and Men" and "The Moon is Down" but this book is a more complete attempt at this form. While this book was not critically acclaimed Steinbeck as always is a very vivid writer and bring his four characters to life in this play concerned with the timeless themes of love jealousy friendship and the desire to have a child The Viking Press hardcover
195013127New York: Viking Press 1950. First edition. 8vo full grey cloth lettered in red on upper cover and spine in dustjacket. 159. A bright clean and unusually nice copy. In the Foreword Steinbeck writes his reasons for writing in this format - play-novellette: "I find it difficult to read plays and in this I do not find myself alone. The printed play is read almost exclusively by people closely associated with the theater by students of the theater and by the comparatively small group of readers who are passionately fond of the theater. .this will be more widely read because it is presented as ordinary fiction. Viking Press hardcover
1951STEINBEC016310Heinemann London. 1951. First U.K. edition. Octavo. pp xii 111 pages.Slight bruise at head of spine. Near fine in very good dustwrapper by Biro a little nicked at edges with a 1 cm closed tear at tail of spine and with the red lettering on the spine fading. Heinemann, London. unknown
1950003261New York: Viking 1950. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Printing. Dustjacket spine is lightly faded with the $2.50 price. Very scarce in this condition as most copies have a completely faded spine. Dustjacket has light rubbing to the spine ends corners and folds. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Viking Hardcover
195000101220New York: Viking Press 1950. 1950 FIRST EDITION hardcover and dustjacket 159 pages. Original full tan cloth lettering in red and red to top edge. Condition: Fine. Text clean and very readable. Dustjacket: Light black rubbing/creases to top extremity of spine panel light rubbed area at foot of spine panel mostly not noticeable else overall Near Fine. Price of $2.50 intact on flap. Protected in Mylar cover. A nice First Edition. Burning Bright is a unique novella that explores themes of identity morality and the complexity of human relationships. The story is structured like a play divided into acts and it follows Joe Saul an older man yearning for a child to carry on his legacy. His wife Mordeen loves him deeply but faces challenges due to Joe's emotional struggles. This leads to morally complex decisions that intertwine with other characters' lives such as Victor and Friend Ed. The title reflects the inner passions and conflicts that drive the characters-life's burning intensity and the struggle for fulfillment. Steinbeck's approach blending prose with theatrical dialogue gives the novella a distinctive tone and invites readers to reflect on the deeper questions of existence. Note: We are a well-established well-respected ethical book dealer in business since 1991. We describe the condition of our books thoroughly and honestly so you'll know exactly what you will receiving when you order. We ship promptly. . First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Viking Press Hardcover
1950010661New York: The Viking Press 1950. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 159 pp prev owner's ink - name and date foreword 4.75" x 7.6" gray cloth red design and letters in clipped DJ. Binding tight pages clean unmarked paper well-preserved. . The Viking Press Hardcover
ANAIS-0670196169Viking Adult. hardcover. Good. 1.8x09x2.1. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Viking Adult hardcover
