Steinbeck, John - FIRST EDITION THUSBiblio.com
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2014ABE-1483520722060U.S.A.: Penguin Books 2014 The Penguin Drop Caps collection was designed in America and it has proved to be enormously popular with collectors. Each of the 26 books has been issued in hardback with an exclusive presentation design colour keyed with sprayed page edges. What is particularly hard to find is a FIRST PRINTING of the titles especially in the UK. This is a FIRST PRINTING. NEW and UNREAD. Language: eng. Special Edition. Hardcover. New. U.S.A.: Penguin Books hardcover
1948347077Bantam Books. New York: Bantam Books Inc. 1948 reprint 4th. 75DJ very good - fine book in a very good copy jacket reading crease Cover by Stahl. rare facsimile dust jacket issue paperback Bantam Books. New York: Bantam Books, Inc. paperback
1945003269New York: The Viking Press 1945. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 7 1/2" X 5. Yellow cloth blue text on spine and blue lined front panel top edge dyed blue. 208 pp. plus ' also by John Steinbeck ' with last entry " Sea of Cortez '. Gift inscription ffep dated Aug. 19/45. Book has light board soiling interior text block foxing. Digital images available on request. Bookseller's Inventory # 203269. <br/> <br/> The Viking Press hardcover
JD29396n.p. NY n.p. The Viking Press n.d. 1944 first edition wrappers. Softcover. Advance copy an uncorrected galley proof bound in plain unprinted tannish wrappers printed on rectos only a very scarce advanced state of this minor or not so minor Steinbeck masterpiece whose themes of death and loneliness are masked by its surface layer of humor all the more rare in that this is an Author Presentation Copy Inscribed by Steinbeck to the best man at his second marriage Howard O. Hunter who was the Works Progress Administration WPA commissioner in the early 1940s under the FDR administration Steinbeck and his second wife Gwen Conger were married March 29 1943 just 11 days after receiving his final divorce decree from his first wife Carol Steinbeck has Inscribed the first preliminary as follows "For Howard/who really/belongs in/Cannery Row/John Steinbeck/last night in New York 1944" this galley lacks all the preliminaries found in the 1945 published version such as half titles title page copyright page dedication page etc. although not specifically cited in Goldstone & Payne there is a notation under G&P A22a that "a copy of the unrevised galley proofs is in the Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas" see Morrow 172 that copy with a yellow label on front giving publication date and price that is not on this copy--the Morrow copy was not signed or inscribed now housed in a beautiful custom clamshell case with leather spine laid in loosely is a letter of provenance from Ellen Leonard who was given this proof by Hunter's wife Edna. This was bound for in-house use by Viking and not for sale thus it was never meant to be in great condition even when new spine ends are chipped there is offsetting from printed pages onto the previous verso some pages are becoming dis-bound. n.p. (NY), n.p. (The Viking Press), n.d. (1944), first edition, wrappers. Softcover. paperback
1945032440New York N.Y: Viking Press 1945. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First Edition Statement - First Published By The Viking Press In January 1945. Bound In Mustard Yellow Cloth With Dark Blue Lettering On The Front And Spine. Ruled On The Front And Spine In Light Blue. The Top Edges Dyed Blue. Heavy Soiling Of The Cover. Staining To The Foredge Of The Ffep And A Small Amount To The Next Few Pages. Two Book Plates From Previous Owners Attached To The Front Pastedown. The Blue Dye To The Top Is Faded. The Page Edges Are Brown. <br/> <br/> Viking Press hardcover
19451406043The Viking Press 1945. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good in wrappers with a very good dust jacket. Advance Review Copy. Original blue paper wrappers. There is a small tear at the bottom of spine hinge to front; very slight tanning on the edges. The dust jacket has the original price of $2.00 printed on the front flap. Moderate chipping at the corners and along the edges. A small piece is missing from the top and bottom spine ends; moderate amount of soiling. Comes housed in a collector's slipcase. The Viking Press unknown
19454091New York: The Viking Press 1945. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 7 3/8" x 4 3/4" First Issue January 1945 ADVANCE REVIEW COPY 208pp. 1pp. list of Steinbeck's other works. Bound in blue paper wraps lettered in black; A very good to fine copy and scarce in nice condition. <br/><br/> The Viking Press paperback
194531499New York: Viking Press 1945 Book Date 1945. 1st Edition. No Binding. Clamshell As New/No Jacket. 1st Edition. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Steinbeck John. CANNERY ROW. Custom Collector's 'Sculpted' Clamshell Case. New York: Viking 1945. Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase Not A Book HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team each box feature a gilt-stamped spine an embossed 'sculpted Cannery Row' upper cover after the dustwrapper's vintage illustration. The case is finished inside & out in black Nuba® & goldenrod cloth. Nuba® is a fine supple & durable covering with a neutral ph that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck® leather. An excellent Collector's Custom Case for Steinbeck's First Book. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for OVER 100 generally in-stock titles including many Steinbecks. Book definitely NOT included. Custom Craft available. Viking Press [1945, Book Date] unknown
194510894CANNERY ROW Zephyr / Continental Book Co. 1945 first continental edition just about fine in wraps. Not in the Harry Valentine collection. Most uncommon. Zephyr / Continental Book Co. paperback
194529577New York New York USA: The Viking Press 1945. First edition second issue in yellow cloth boards with dark blue lettering on front and spine. -- Back cover shadowed around edges with sharply defined light rectangular area presumably protected by neighboring book on shelf. Spine a bit darkened. A hint of vague darkening around edges in front. Interior tight and clean with just a hint of uniform tanning. Overall Very Good Minus condition. -- Dust jacket edgeworn with some small chips out at spine head/tail; beginning to darken a bit around edges in back. DJ is in Good condition protected in clear plastic. -- 208 pp. First Edition Second Issue. Hardcover. Very Good Minus/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. The Viking Press Hardcover
1982310010NP: METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1982. Poster. Promotional POSTER sent to bookstores to promote interest in the 1982 film adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel. 28" X 41" Near fine on single printed sheet. Traces of faint foxing with a slim area of damp spotting at bottom right-hand edge of white margin. The reverse side of the image has the one-sheet for Robert Littell's "The Amateur" which has heavier foxing. The "Cannery Row" image is in full-color with actors Nick Nolte & Debra Winger depicted against the background of 'Doc' Rickett's old Monterey neighborhood. Despite minor foxing & only lightly discernable damp stain it is well suited for framing. ; 28" x 41" . METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER. unknown
19473608Bantam 1947. Uncommon dustjacketed paperback edition with yellow & black lettering & cover art by Lester Kohs picturing three cannery workers flirting with a blonde girl IN VG 4th printing. DUST JACKETwith red & yellow lettering & cover art by Benjamin Stahl picturing three guys watching a brunette honey fluffing her hair by some trash cans. Classic novel of the characters who inhabit Cannery Row by the sardine fisheries. Light wear on Dust Jacket still uncommonly nice. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good/Near Fine/Similar DJ. Bantam Paperback
194522351Viking Press 1945. Cloth. Fine/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 4th ptg. Smaller book yellow cloth with blue line design on front and spine 208 pages plus list of Steinbeck books. DJ is dark blue background with color-illustration of cannery and dock at center front taped along top and bottom edges white back browned. DJ has very slight wear to long spine left edge with microtear tiny tears with slight wear at spine bottom right. Good DJ/Fine book. <br/> <br/> Viking Press hardcover
1945033783NY: Viking Press 1945. Mustard binding with blue lettering 4th printing January 1945. Boards are scuffed edgeworn lightly stained. Army library stamps inside pocket on feb. Pages are lightly browning text is unmarked. Fourth Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex Library. Viking Press Hardcover
1945007675New York: The Viking Press 1945 First Edition. Second state in canary cloth binding $2.00 price on dustjacket "First Published by The Viking Press in January 1945" on copyright page. Wartime production issue. Yellow cloth with blue titles blue topstaining. 208 pp. followed by 1-page list of Steinbeck's works. Boards soiled one corner of front board lightly discolored unclear how this occurred as interior not at all affected nor is dustjacket. A couple of pinpricks to front board. Interior clean and tight. Dustjacket has a 2" x .25" inch internal chip chipping at spine some internal repairs wear at folds. Nice coloring still presents. In protective mylar cover. The Viking Press hardcover
SKB-8313NY: Bantam 1947. Paperback the scarce issue in dust jacket designed by Ben Stahl. First Bantam edition fifth printing. The jacket was an experiment by Bantam only used on later printing copies. Not recorded in Goldstone and Payne. A few trivial specks of wear but an unusually crisp fresh copy of a book usually found in lesser condition. NY: Bantam, [1947]. paperback
1945031256New York: The Viking Press 1945 Copyright reads: "Second printing before publication. Third printing January 1945". 208 numbered pp 1; HB. Pages: clean ivory tight blue topstain; book description pasted ep top ¼ has been torn away. Cover: yellow blue titles front/spine; v lt shelfwear v lt soil spine mildly tanned. The Viking Press hardcover
194544525New York:: The Viking Press 1945. First edition first binding. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. Slightly cocked; else better than very good in a jacket with some restoration to the extremities of the spine and a few small chips. 8vo. The Viking Press, hardcover
19892111902158501681Fukutakeshoten 1989. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 250p. Size: 15cm Fukutakeshoten paperback
SB18D-01422Editora Universitaria LTD. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. Rear Hinge Broken. Front cover detached. Cover damaged at spine. Pages loose. Reading copy only. Portuguese edition. Literature Fiction Drama Editora Universitaria LTD unknown
1953114936London: Cassell & Company Limited 1953. Early printing of Cassell's French-English English-French Dictionary from the library of American literary master John Steinbeck and his wife Elaine Steinbeck. Octavo original cloth. Signed and dated by Steinbeck’s wife Elaine Steinbeck on the front free endpaper "Elaine Steinbeck Paris 1954." In very good condition. One of the first female stage managers on Broadway American actress Mary Elaine Steinbeck studied drama at the University of Texas Austin where she met her first husband Zachary Scott. The couple divorced in 1950 and within a week of their divorce Elaine married John Steinbeck on December 28 1950. A powerful force in John's life Elaine accompanied him on his many international trips and the couple remained married until John's death in December 1968. Cassell & Company, Limited hardcover
19801278623Santa Barbara CA: Bradford Morrow Bookseller 1980. 8vo. 154pp.; VG/VG-; spine tan with black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering price uncut; chips missing on head of spine wear to corners; INSCRIBED by Harry Valentine on the ffep; 2500 copies have been printed on Linweave Text and bound in wrappers and 250 have been bound in boards; lists 700 Steinbeck items; KT consignment;. 1278623. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. Bradford Morrow Bookseller unknown
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JD29453Bronxville privately printed 1952 first edition wrappers. Softcover. First separate printing of this chapter from Steinbeck's big rambling flawed masterpiece Steinbeck writes beautifully how there is only one story -- the struggle between good and evil one of 125 copies printed on the hand-press by Valenti Angelo bound in limp buff wrappers this is variant 2 with the title page containing a red and black rectangular design of leafy and bare branches between the title and "PRIVATELY PRINTED 1952" with the limitation notice on page 10 although the pages are unnumbered the variants are believed to be trial copies no priority has been determined Goldstone & Payne A32d not recorded by Morrow this was John DePol's copy with his spare bookplate DePol 1913-2004 was an artist and one of America's foremost printmakers and wood engravers his prints can be found in the permanent collections of many libraries and museums he contributed to publications by the Allen Press Red Ozier Press Stone House Press and others The Book Club of California recently produced a major work on him John DePol A Catalogue Raisonne of His Graphic Work 1935-1998. The usual age-toning else fine. Bronxville, privately printed, 1952, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. paperback
3847108751.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
