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192910936CUP OF GOLD Mcbride 1929 first edition spine a tad dulled two small areas of board edges worn else a tight vg copy in the original gold cloth and fine facsimile dust-wrapper. The authors most desirable first book. 1/1537 copies. McBride hardcover
19291114022Robert M. McBride 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. NY Robert M. McBride 1929 1929. NY 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 unrestored 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 unrestored jacket with internal tape reinforcement that could probably be safely removed by an expert. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Robert M. McBride hardcover
19360019201936 1936. Soft cover. Published in 1936 by the Armed Services by arrangement with The Viking Press. This is an Armed Services Edition. The front cover states: "Overseas edition for the Armed Forces. Distributed by he Special Services Division for the Army and by the Bureau of Naval Personnel for the Navy. U.S. Government property. Not for sale. Published by Editions for the Armed Services Inc. a non-profit organization established by the Council on Books in Wartime." Softcover. 4" x 5 1/2". Book very good with some edgewear some chipping at spine ends some rubbing on spine edges of pages darkened. 1936 unknown
192931495New York: Robert M. McBride 1929 Book Date 1929. 1st Edition. No Binding. Clamshell As New/No Jacket. 1st Edition. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Steinbeck John. CUP OF GOLD. Custom Collector's 'Sculpted' Clamshell Case. New York: Robert M. McBride 1929. Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase Not A Book HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team each box feature a gilt-stamped spine title piece an embossed 'sculpted Sir Henry Morgan Buccaneer' upper cover after the famous dustwrapper's vintage classic illustration. The case is finished inside & out in Kaki & black Nuba®. 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. Robert M. McBride, [1929 ,Book Date] unknown
193631496New York: Covici Friede 1936 Book Date 1936. 1st Edition. No Binding. Clamshell As New/No Jacket. 1st Edition. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Steinbeck John. CUP OF GOLD. Custom Collector's 'Sculpted' Clamshell Case. New York: Covici Friede 1936. Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase Not A Book HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team each box feature a gilt-stamped spine title piece an embossed 'sculpted Sir Henry Morgan Buccaneer' upper cover after the famous dustwrapper's vintage classic illustration. The case is finished inside & out in a fine dark blue cloth & black Nuba®. 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. Covici Friede, [1936 ,Book Date] unknown
193629204New York: Covici Friede Publishers. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1936. Second Edition. Cloth. The second edition in stunning Fine condition with blue cloth and bright gilt stamping on spine in equally Fine dust jacket with addition of "AUTHOR OF 'MICE AND MEN'" no mention of Covici-Friede on jacket spine and without published price of $2.50. Goldstone/Payne A1c; John Steinbeck's first novel and the only historical novel he ever wrote follows the 1670s fife of Sir Henry Morgan buccaneer with occasional reference to history. He had two driving ambitions: one to possess the beautiful woman called La Santa Roja the other to conquer Panama the "cup of gold."; 8vo; x 269 1 pages . Covici Friede Publishers hardcover
1938012813002Sun Dial Press 1938-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/DJ Good. Early reprint of second printing of author's first book. DJ has some light soiling. Sturdy binding. Crisp DJ. Unmarked clean pages. Sun Dial Press hardcover
195928350CORGI BOOKS 1959. 4. softcover. CORGI BOOKS paperback
193617901New York: Covici-Friede 1936. Second Edition. Octavo; navy blue cloth with titles and decoration stamped in gilt on spine; blue topstain; dustjacket; 269pp. Offsetting to pastedowns rough erasure to former owners name on front endpaper with the topstain a bit dulled; Near Fine. In the correct dustjacket without mention of the publisher's name and with the addition of Of Mice and Men to front panel; price-clipped evenly browned overall with wear along edges and corners and a few short tears to same and a small tape mend on verso; Very Good. The author's first book. GOLDSTONE & PAYNE A1c. Covici-Friede unknown
19369422New York: Covici Friede 1936. Second Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth gilt- and blind-stamped pictorial dust jacket. Former owner's label on upper pastedown. Some minor wear to dust jacket spotting to back panel. Second Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Goldstone & Payne A1c Covici, Friede unknown
1936610345New York: Covici - Friede 1936. 2nd. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 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 # 610345 Covici - Friede hardcover
1936SKU0000010195Covici Friede 1936-01-01. Second Printing. Hardcover. Good. 8x5x1. HC good w/ DJ moderate age tanning w/ some fraying some bruising to top edge of spine. Moderate age and sun tanning. Text free of additional markings. Covici Friede hardcover
193623047New York:: Covici-Friede 1936. Second edition. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. A fine copy in a beautiful example of the dust jacket. The jacket has a few small areas of rubbing and one tiny nick. . 8vo. Covici-Friede, hardcover
1936010340NY: Covici-Friede 1936. Books has been rebound in full brown leather with raised bands stamped in gold. Endpapers have been professionally restored. Top edge stained dark blue. This is the 1936 issue of Steinbeck's first book printed with remainder sheets of the 1929 first edition and with new front material. A rebound copy priced right. Ref.: Harmon 10.c.; GP-A1c. . Second Printing. Full Leather. Very Good /No Jacket. Covici-Friede Hardcover
193624064New York:: The Viking Press 1936. These are probably the sheets from the second edition A1c without the McBride logotype at the conclusion of the text. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. Small old bookplate on pastedown; circular blind-embossed ownership stamp on rear free endpaper; cloth slightly faded at edges; jacket has the Covici Friede imprint cancelled in black; a few small chips short tears and fading to spine; the front panel bright. 8vo. The Viking Press, hardcover
1936015064Covici Friede 1936. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Fine Copy In Like Jacket Author's First Book Third Issue. First Edition. Rare In This Condition. Beautiful Copy. . Covici Friede Hardcover books
1939001825A Mercury Book 1939 1939. Book. Very Fine. Trade Paperback. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Fine. First Edition. Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A Mercury Book, 1939 Paperback books
000280Covici Friede 1936 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Second edition blue cloth. fine in fine jacket. Covici Friede, 1936 Hardcover books
1929319434New York: Robert M. McBride 1929. First edition first issue of the author's first book. vi 269 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original yellow cloth titled in black on front cover and spine top edge stained blue; pictorial dust jacket designed by Mahlon Blaine with $2.50 price present; tan cloth slipcase. The cloth in unusually bright condition; the jacket spine panel lightly faded and with wear at ends affective the lettering of the title a few abrasions to front and back panels. Despite these flaws a bright and entirely original copy of a book infrequently found in collector's condition. First edition first issue of the author's first book. vi 269 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. FIRST EDITION of the future Nobel laureate's elusive first book published when he was 27 years old. One of 1537 copies the publisher printed 2476 copies 939 of which were remaindered as unbound sheets. This was Steinbeck's fourth attempt at a novel and was rewritten six times from an unpublished story titled "A Lady in Infra-Red" which he composed while at Stanford. "Aside from a few reviews the only early recognition . was Berton Braley's 'thanks and acknowledgements' for Steinbeck's permission to use some of the incidents in a doggerel epic 'Morgan Sails the Caribbean' 1934" Peter Lisca 'The Wide World of John Steinbeck' Rutgers UP 1958. Goldstone & Payne A1a Robert M. McBride unknown books
19291244328New York: Robert M. McBride & Company 1929. First edition. Octavo. Hardcover in original yellow cloth; no dust jacket. Author's first book one of only 1537 printed. Boards soiled; rubbed at extremities; spine sunned; foxing to endpapers; foxing and water damage to first few pages of text; piece missing from page one not affecting text. Scattered foxing throughout. Good copy only. KT Consignment. Shelved in Case #2. 1244328. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Robert M. McBride & Company unknown books
1936273477New York: Covici Friede 1936. hardcover. fine/near fine. 8vo dark blue cloth stamped in gilt; top stained blue; d.w. New York: Covici Friede 1936.<br/><br/> First reissue sometimes called 2nd edition of Steinbeck first book and only historical novel. The very fine colorful dust wrapper is the second issue. with no publishers name on the spine and "Of Mice and Men" on the front cover. The flaps are cut diagonally in all four corners.<br/><br/> Covici Friede unknown books
1936273497New York: Covici Friede 1936. hardcover. very good/fine. 8vo maroon cloth spine stamped in gilt; top stained blue; d.w. New York: Covici Friede 1936.<br/><br/> First reissue sometimes called 2nd edition of Steinbeck first book and only historical novel. The very fine colorful dust wrapper is the second issue. with no publishers name on the spine and "Of Mice and Men" on the front cover. The flaps are cut diagonally in all four corners but the upper front flap may have been priced. The cloth spine is faded & rubbed at the bottom edge.<br/><br/> Covici Friede unknown books
19291114022Robert M. McBride 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. NY Robert M. McBride 1929 1929. NY 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 unrestored 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 unrestored jacket with internal tape reinforcement that could probably be safely removed by an expert. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Robert M. McBride hardcover books
19360019201936 1936. Soft cover. Published in 1936 by the Armed Services by arrangement with The Viking Press. This is an Armed Services Edition. The front cover states: "Overseas edition for the Armed Forces. Distributed by he Special Services Division for the Army and by the Bureau of Naval Personnel for the Navy. U.S. Government property. Not for sale. Published by Editions for the Armed Services Inc. a non-profit organization established by the Council on Books in Wartime." Softcover. 4" x 5 1/2". Book very good with some edgewear some chipping at spine ends some rubbing on spine edges of pages darkened. 1936 unknown books
JD30875first edition. NY Robert M. McBride 1929 first edition dust jacket. Hardcover. <br/><br/> 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. hardcover books