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1938015340New York: The Sun Dial Press 1938. Nice copy of his earliest novel. First published in 1929 this is the first reprint of the second edition by Covici Friede. Red boards with black lettering are bright and fresh. Some offset at front hinge probably caused by printers glue. Hint of lean else definite Near Fine. Orange topstain. 1938 shown on title page. Same jacket illustration as used by Covici Friede. Price clipped jacket has tanned a bit on spine but is otherwise bright and colorful.with tiny chip at head of spine. In mylar. . First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good Plus to Near Fine/Very Good Plus to Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Sun Dial Press Hardcover
1929140942258New York: Robert M. McBride & Company 1929. First Edition. First edition first printing first issue. 269 pp. Bound in publisher's original yellow cloth with titles stamped in black blue topstain lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine with a little toning to spine subtle rubbing to cloth a few faint stains to top edge former owner's name on front free endpaper offsetting to endpapers. A nice copy of the first issue of Steinbeck's first book and one of just 1537 copies. Robert M. McBride & Company unknown
1936353611New York: Covici-Friede 1936. 2nd pr. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover 269 pages. Previous owners name and the number "10" on front endpaper. Top edge stained black. Price clipped dust jacket with light chipping along edges. Clean tight copy. Record # 353611 Covici-Friede hardcover
1936134865New York: Covici Friede 1936. Second edition with out Covici Friede imprint on spine and with both 1929 and 1936 copyright dates on verso of title page. Some mild spotting to edges spine slightly dull overall near fine in near fine dust jacket with a few tiny chips toning to spine and light rubbing to folds and all four flap corners clipped in mylar cover. Covici Friede unknown
1938612764New York: Sun Dial Press Inc. 1938. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 269 pages. Hardcover. Reprint. Price clipped dust jacket with darkening to spine chipping along edges - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean tight copy. Record # 612764 Sun Dial Press, Inc. hardcover
1937268804United Kingdom: William Heinemann 1937. Book. Very Good. hardback. 1st Edition. hardback first UK edition of 1937 octavo blue cloth lettered faded gilt to a lightly mottled spine the binding remains tight mild foxing to the half-title title and first page of Chapter 1 the volume is free of marking inscriptions signatures 268pp. Supplied with a facsimile dust jacket which is protected in a non-adhesive archival film sleeve. William Heinemann Hardcover
4059NY: Covici & Friede 1936. 2nd edition. Pages 269 pp. Blue cloth binding stamped with ship & palm trees design in gold on the spine and blind stamped ship design on front cover. Top edge stained blue. 2nd edition. Goldstone A1c Very good in bright dust jacket with wear along top edge and extremities and darkening of spine. Jacket states �Of Mice and Men� but does not name publisher. Previous owner�s signature on front paste down. NY: Covici & Friede 1936. hardcover
1936Alibris4706Covici Friede 1936. Hard cover. Very Good. Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. slight darkening to spine of DJ; viii 2 269 p.; 20 cm. Preface by Lewis Gannett. Second edition. Cf. Goldstone & Payne. The second edition in its second state. Full-bound in blue cloth with blind-stamped design gilt spine lettering and design Dustjacket without "Covici Friede" on the spine with all four flap corners clipped. Covici, Friede hardcover
193624048NY: Covici Friede Inc. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1936. Second Edition. Hardcover. First printing of the 2nd edition. Original navy cloth titled in gilt. Uniform blue topstain. Front/rear pastedowns darkened narrow strip of blue damp to top corner of ffep and rfep. Sound and square. The DJ in mylar has toning chipping rubbing and mild soil plus a closed tear to rear panel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Covici Friede Inc. hardcover
1936431536New York: Covici Friede 1936. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Second edition. Blue cloth gilt. Fine in fine dustwrapper with slightest toning on rear panel. An exceptional copy reissued to capitalize on the success of the author's later title Of Mice and Men. Covici Friede hardcover
1936122282New York: Covici Friede 1936. Second edition second issue. Hardcover. Very good/Good. viii 269 p. 20 cm. Blue cloth hardcover in mylar-covered pictorial dustjacket. Some chips and small tears to jacket including spine head slightly affecting lettering. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. A few spots to cloth and corners lightly bumped. <br/><br/>Originally published in 1929 by McBride this is John Steinbeck's first published novel. Based on the life and death of privateer Henry Morgan the story focuses on Morgan's assault and sacking of the city of Panama the 'Cup of Gold'. A new preface by author Lewis Gannett was included in this issue. Covici Friede hardcover
1936005694New York: Covici Friede 1936. Author's first book. First printing of the second edition. The binding is dark blue cloth with gilt stamping on spine. Textblock is tight and square. No markings. The dust jacket is similar to first edition 2nd issue but indicates that Steinbeck is the author of Of Mice and Men and there is no mention of Covici Friede on spine. Topstain still dark blue and fresh. Jacket has minor edgewear at head of spine but is still bright and fresh. Rarely seen in this condition a very attractive copy of a book that is not easily seen. In mylar. . 2nd American Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Covici Friede Hardcover
1937009984London: William Heinemann 1937. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine has faint hint of spine lean. Lightly spotted to top board. No markings. Sharp tips. Jacket is a professional facsimilie that is brand new bright clean and sharp. In mylar. . First UK Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. William Heinemann Hardcover
07946New York 1936: Covici Friede Publishers. Advance Review Copy. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/About Fine. Steinbeck's bibliographer Adrian Goldstone's copy with his bookplate and his notes pencilled on the rear end paper; Third Edition second edition according to Goldstone & Payne in the dark blue cloth; also a pencilled note on front pastedown by John Payne Goldstone's collaborator: "Adrian had 3 copies of this book. He kept 1; gave one to UT; & gave me this copy. Feb. 1972." Near fine dust jacket with author of "Of Mice and Men" on front panel. Publisher's slip laid in. Housed in a handsome maroon cloth covered slipcase. Covici, Friede Publishers unknown
07945New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1936. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. A spectacular copy of the Third Edition the second edition according to Goldstone & Payne in publisher's dark blue cloth spine printed in gilt; pictorial dust jacket with all 4 flap corners cut at angle and author of "Of Mice and Men" on front panel. Top edges stained blue 269 pages. A fine copy internally clean and bright with no markings of any kind; armorial bookplate. Covici, Friede Publishers (1936) unknown
07947New York 1936: Covici Friede Publishers. Third Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. The Printer's copy with pencilled instructions on front free end paper regarding changes to be made for the Sun Dial Press edition. Publisher's blue cloth spine gilt 269 pages dust jacket with author of "Of Mice and Men" on front panel. The directions for cloth binding paper ink and revised dust jacket and wrapper band. Title page with "Covici Friede" pencilled out and "The Sun Dial Press" added in pencil; note on verso "OK as is 11/14/39. Covici, Friede Publishers unknown
193721375London: William Heinemann. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth titled in gilt. First British edition. Very slight spine lean endpages mildly toned tiny tear to front endpage. Corners gently softened. The scarce DJ in mylar is toned at spine slightly chipped at edges small splash dampstain to spine tiny mark to rear panel rubbing at front flap fold. Flap price 7/6 intact. A sound unmarked copy in scarce unclipped DJ all housed in a custom clamshell box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . William Heinemann hardcover
192970009New York: Robert M. McBride & Company 1929. First edition of Steinbeck's first book one of about 1500 copies. The publisher printed 2476 copies 939 of which were remaindered as unbound sheets. Octavo original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to the extremities. Comes with the original publisher's glassine. Housed in a custom cloth case. Rare especially in this condition. “Written when Steinbeck was 27 years old and published in an edition of 2476 copies just two weeks before the stock market crashed Cup of Gold is a historical romance about the life of the pirate Henry Morgan†Valentine 1. From the mid-1650s through the 1660s Morgan a pirate and outlaw of legendary viciousness ruled the Spanish Main. He ravaged the coasts of Cuba and America striking terror wherever he went. Morgan was obsessive. He had two driving ambitions: to possess the beautiful woman called La Santa Roja and to conquer Panama the "cup of gold." Steinbeck’s first novel and sole work of historical fiction. Robert M. McBride & Company hardcover
1939128complete and unabridged green fly leaf cover shows wear book not read but spine showswear wear front lower right corner some scuffing front cover.<br />published after Grapes of Wrath popular library paperback
19365914<p>New York: Covici Friede 1936. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. The second printing of the Covici Friede edition in blue cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Front panel of dust jacket states that Steinbeck is the author of "Of Mice and Men" and no publisher's imprint on the spine. Near-fine with a touch of offsetting to endpapers otherwise clean and tight. In a very good dust jacket with slight rubbing to the spine ends and corners and a bit of staining to the top edge more noticeable on the reverse. An attractive copy. <br /><br /></p> Covici Friede hardcover
192908751CUP OF GOLD Mcbride 1929 first edition spine and upper 2cm of front panel lightened some off-setting to the front cover else a tight vg or better copy in just about vg second printing dust-wrapper with some wear and tear mostly to the dust-wrapper spine extremities. Actually a very nice copy of this the second issue of the first edition sheets of the authors first book bound in maroon cloth with the McBride colophon on the last page of text and released here in 1936. Not to be confused with the very common 2ND EDITION NOT second issue published by Covici Friede in blue cloth without the McBride colophon on the last page of text. McBride / Covici Friede hardcover
193608753CUP OF GOLD Mcbride 1929 first printing of the Covici Friede binding in burgundy cloth edges of spine extremities and edge of front cover lightened else just about fine in vg/near fine first state of Covici Friede dust-wrapper with the publishers name blocked out and then reprinted and spelled correctly on the dust-wrapper spine and WITHOUT mention of OF MICE AND MEN on the front dust-wrapper panel which was duh published a year later in 1937 making any who list this title which has this work printed on the front dust-wrapper panel and then adjudicating it as the correct first state dust-wrapper a most dubious scholar and with a small chip missing from the head of the dust-wrapper spine slight fraying to the base of the dust-wrapper spine and some light dust-soil to the rear dust-wrapper panel. Actually a very nice copy of this the second issue of the first edition sheets of the authors first book bound in maroon cloth with the McBride colophon on the last page of text and released here in 1936. Not to be confused with the very common later edition NOT second issue in blue cloth without the McBride colophon on the last page of text . Covici Friede hardcover
193608754CUP OF GOLD Covici -Friede 1936 2nd edition a vg/near fine copy in a bright vg dust-wrapper with some slight wear and tear and dust-soil. The common second edition bound in blue cloth. Covici Friede hardcover
JD30456n.p. NY "Monthly Bulletin for Members of the Doubleday One Dollar Book Club" June 1938 first edition wrappers. Softcover. It reviews Cup of Gold from the front cover through Page 3 it also includes a biography of Steinbeck and a photo of him Page 4 plus it prints a section of a very interesting article that quotes Steinbeck talking about his critics and his book Page 5 Goldstone & Payne G&P makes no mention of this Doubleday $1 edition nor does Morrow this periodical is not recorded by G&P or Morrow. Very good plus. n.p. (NY), "Monthly Bulletin for Members of the Doubleday One Dollar Book Club", June 1938, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. paperback
JD30875NY Robert M. McBride 1929 first edition dust jacket. Hardcover. Author's First Book first issue with top edge stained and with the final black leaf present with the rare colorful pirate dust jacket illustrated by Mahlon Blaine one of only 1537 copies published when Steinbeck was 27 years old and just two weeks before the 1929 stock market crash a historical novel about the pirate Henry Morgan rendered in a purple prose manner quite unlike his realistic descriptive storytelling that followed Goldstone & Payne A1a Morrow 1. Very good book in a jacket with the usual spine color fade with chipping to top and bottom of spine jacket with internal tape reinforcement. NY, Robert M. McBride, 1929, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. hardcover