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1966R200126899PeC. 1966. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Tâchée, Agrafes rouillées, Quelques rousseurs. 43 pages agrafées - rousseurs sur les plats, papier jauni.. . . . Classification Dewey : 372.4-Livre scolaire : lecture
1941204610Los Angeles: Committee to Aid Agricultural Workers 1941. Evenly toned remnants of stamp and original mailing label; folded; pencil notation to upper corner. Broadsheet mimeograph poster single leaf approx. 8-1/2 X 11 inches printed on one side with mailing info printed on verso. Announcement for a benefit screening of the docu-drama about obstetrics commissioned by FDR's administration in the effort to promote his health policy and combat childbirth deaths and infant mortality. The film was actually written by Paul de Kruif with uncredited assistance from his good friend John Steinbeck. The experience inspired Steinbeck to go on to do his own documentary "The Forgotten Village." The cast included an uncredited cameo appearance by Woody Guthrie. Committee to Aid Agricultural Workers unknown
194097Moscow: Gosizdat 1940. 504 pp.: ill. 1 front. ill. 20x135 cm. Illustrations by L. Brodaty. In original publisher's illustrated card boards. Covers slightly rubbed owner's signature on the front endpaper owner's ink book stamp on the title page pp. 17 41 504; a small wormhole on the lower side of a few pages. Otherwise a very good clean copy.<br /> <br /> First Russian edition. First book by Steinbeck in Russian.<br /> <br /> Although the book was banned shortly in Ireland and few American towns in schools and libraries it was for obvious reasons<br /> never banned in Soviet Union. It was important for Soviet authorities to monitor what was published in the West. Unfortunately for them it was a hard task to find anything suitable for their purposes - a high standard bright foreign fiction with correct ideology. That is why Grapes of Wrath was a definite bombshell not only in America but even more so in Soviet Union. It made Steinbeck famous in a day. Starting in August of 1939 such newspapers as Pradva Ogonyok Literary Newspaper printed short fragments from Grapes of Wrath. Soviet newspapers made it famous even before it was fully published. For example Izvestiya from November 17th 1939 with an article titled "Grapes of Wrath - banned in USA" about a campaign against the book across America: ".because it reflects the hard<br /> situation and conditions in which farmers live in California". Soviet anticapitalist interpretation was obvious and announced instantly in many reviews e.g. in one of these reviews was said the author "leads us to a logical way out - a revolution freeing lower classes from exploitation". Soviet periodicals clearly showed ideological and political bias typical for the Soviet assessment and interpretation of the novel as an example of proletarian and anti-capitalist American literature. After the full translation was published in 1940 Steinbeck received many letters from Soviet editors and officials thanking him for writing this novel and telling him about thousands of new fans.<br /> <br /> In 1948 USSR bought rights for Grapes of Wrath film 1940 to demonstrate the Soviet viewer all "ulcers and vices" of American capitalism but in just a few days of the showing the film was cancelled because people noticed that a broke farmer was able to buy a used truck.<br /> <br /> In 1963 Steinbeck came to Russia for the second time his first visit he described in his book A Russian Journal published in 1948. At one of the unofficial meetings at Russian poet Evtushenko's apartment he met a Siberian driver Evtushenko's uncle Andrey with whom he spent almost the entire evening in a conversation. Apparently the driver knew Grapes of Wrath very well which maid Steinbeck ecstatic: "You made my day Andrew! I would never thought truck drivers from Siberia would read my books!"<br /> <br /> WorldCat locates four copies. Gosizdat unknown
1947250614001Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie 1947. Limited Edition. Softcover original publisher wraps - protected in a custom solander case. Fine. <br /> OVERALL CONDITION: FINE in a FINE custom solander box<br /> <br /> RARITY & BEAUTY<br /> <br /> A VERY RARE Steinbeck pamphlet about unfulfilled expectations. An edition of only 60 printed by Ward Ritchie 50 for friends of the sponsor and 10 for Steinbeck. None for the general public. 13 copies are held by institutions. So only 47 numbered copies and a few unnumbered copies are held by private collectors in the world. This copy is even rarer: it is one of only a few known less than a handful unnumbered publisher copies that were kept by Ward Ritchie. And it is in exceptional condition well protected in its gorgeous custom solander box.<br /> <br /> PUBLICATION INFO<br /> <br /> Published in 1947 by Ward Ritchie in New York. First edition first printing and the only publication of a letter by Steinbeck to Arnold Gingrich editor of Esquire thanking him for sending a watch as a gift. In its original buff saddle-sewn printed wrappers with hand ties. Pictorial title page lettered in black and red. Small octavo 5.25 inches x 4 inches 6 2 pp. <br /> <br /> The first 10 copies went to Steinbeck with the remaining 11-60 numbered copies going to the Cohns House of Books for Christmas gift presentation. A handful of unnumbered copies including this one were kept by Ward Ritchie himself. Included is a finely bound custom solander case - 1/2 brown morocco over marbled paper with two spine bands gilt bordering and lettering. The interior is lined with luxurious white moire silk and finely woven beige cloth. Inside is a matching beige cloth covered folding box lined with soft white moire silk which envelops the delicate pamphlet protecting its superb condition exceptionally well. <br /> <br /> ABOUT WARD RITCHIE <br /> <br /> Harry "Ward" Ritchie Los Angeles California June 15 1905--Laguna Beach California January 24 1996 was an American printer book designer book collector and writer of around 100 books. He was part of the Golden Age of fine printing that took place during the 1920s and 1930s in Southern California. Ritchie was also part of the Artists of the Arroyo Seco community. In 1930 Ritchie apprenticed in Paris with the renowned artist and printer Fran ois-Louis Schmied. Upon his return to the States Ritchie co-founded along with fellow printer Grant Dahlstrom and bookseller Jacob Jake Zeitlin the Rounce & Coffin Club. This club was created as a less formal alternative to the Zamorano Club where other bibliophiles gathered in Los Angeles and to which he was later welcomed in 1934. The following year he established the Ward Ritchie Press through which he published thousands of books over 750 designed by himself; his output included works by poets Robinson Jeffers Carl Sandburg Archibald MacLeish Carlyle MacIntyre librarian Lawrence Clark Powell novelist Alexandre Dumas and many others. In 1987 he gave the Englehard Lecture on Fine Printing: The Los Angeles Tradition at the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress.<br /> <br /> ABOUT THE PAMPHLET <br /> <br /> This elusive Steinbeck publication is a letter from Steinbeck to Arnold Gingrich editor of Esquire thanking him for sending a watch as a gift. The letter is full of Steinbeck humor noting that he had expected a watch when he graduated from high school but none was forthcoming and since he didn't actually graduate from Stanford University he likewise hadn't received a watch as a gift. This work was privately printed at the Ward Ritchie Press as the Christmas greeting for the year from the Cohns. The Cohns are notable for being the owners of House of Books in New York one of the pioneering Booksellers in modern first editions.<br /> <br /> CONDITION REPORT<br /> <br /> The book is in FINE to VERY FINE vintage condition. No condition issues to note. Looks fresh and crisp like the day it was published. Perhaps some nominal edge rubbing if being super picky! The custom slipcase is in FINE or better condition. <br /> <br /> A superior collectible copy of Steinbeck's rarest work!. Ward Ritchie unknown
1940WRCLIT77071Los Angeles: 2oth Century-Fox 1940. Five original 8 x 10" glossy b&w stills. Pencil numbers on two versos otherwise near fine. Thomas Hart Benton prepared several works as publicity pieces for John Ford's 1940 film version of Steinbeck's novel most famously a version of THE DEPARTURE OF THE JOADS that was incorporated in several of the differing styles of posters. He also prepared a series of portraits of the characters but these were not incorporated in the posters but rather utilized in the theatre program that was offered at the opening exhibitions of the film. They were also reproduced in the form of six stills according to the negative numbers - only five are present here evidently in very limited quantities as they are quite scarce. Apart from an appearance by this same group at auction in 2008 we've not encountered another. 2oth Century-Fox unknown books
1951530781London: Cowles Magazines Inc. 1951. Softcover. Very Good. Periodical. Quarto. 120pp. Heavily illustrated. A bit musty. Cover with a split and a bit of loss at the spine staples somewhat oxidized modest interior toning very good. Signed by John Steinbeck editor Fleur Cowles and contributor William Ward Beecher.<br /> <br /> The final issue of this very interesting magazine sent by editor Fleur Cowles along with a warm Typed Letter Signed to artist William Ward Beecher to commemorate the collaboration. Fleur has Signed the magazine on the first page. Beecher allowed the use of a black and white reproduction of a Steinbeck-themed trompe l'oeil painting to illustrate the article "Tortilla B Flat: A Serenade to John Steinbeck Composed on the Typewriter" by Eddie Condon also illustrated with a portrait of Steinbeck by Robert Capa. A note in Beecher's hand laid in says: "N.B. this copy autographed by Fleur Cowles is also signed by John and me-" and indeed Steinbeck has Signed above the painting and Beecher beneath it. Also laid in is a Typed Letter Signed from a Flair employee to Beecher asking him to sign an agreement to reproduce the artwork.<br /> <br /> A 2001 letter from Steinbeck's son Thom written to supply details about sitting for a portrait by Beecher called the artist a family friend and that his father "maintained an abiding fascination for Beecher's work through the years. A half-dozen examples of the artist's best canvases still brighten our house in New York." A nice association. Cowles Magazines, Inc.) unknown
1984110284Yolla Bolly Press 1984. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket. Karin Wikstrom. #104/250cc signed by illustrator Karin Wikstrom and Wallace Stegner who wrote the afterword. Flyleafs from each end a bit creased on the edges. In slipcase. Yolla Bolly Press hardcover
V12OS-00532The Perfection Form Company. Used - Good. Good condition. Literature Fiction A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates stamps limited notes and highlighting or a few light stains. The Perfection Form Company unknown
000586Yolla Bolly. F. F in slipcase. Limited edition signed by Wallace Stegner; with Stegner intro. 1st ltd. edition. Yolla Bolly unknown books
1979569212Logan Iowa: The Perfection Form Company 1979. Softcover. Fine. First separate edition originally published in The Portable Steinbeck. 12mo. 46pp. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Fine. Published for educational purposes very uncommon. The Perfection Form Company unknown
198435716Yolla Bolly Press. Fine. 1984. Hardcover. 0907486711 . Limited edition #221 of 250 signed by Karin Wikstrom illustrator and Wallace Stegner afterword. Binding is fine with clean pages. Color illustrations are laid-in. Cover in fine condition with spine title pastedown. Slipcase has only minor wear but mild discoloration from sun. No dustjacket at issue. ; California Writers of the Land; Signed by Illustrator . Yolla Bolly Press hardcover
198415485Covelo: Yolla Bolly Press 1984. First edition thus. hardcover. A near fine copy slightly darkened at spine a wonderful example of a fine press production. Karin Wikstrom. 4to. A short story by John Steinbeck with an afterword by Wallace Stegner. Limited edition being one of only ten lettered presentation copies 'H' signed by Stegner and Karin Wikstrom who illustrated the story with six color woodblocks. Issued as volume number two in the 'California Writers of the Land' series. First published in Steinbecks collection The Long Valley. It appears in the ledger notebook under the title "Man Hunt". The story outlines a young man Pepé who is sent into town by his mother. She says he is not yet a man. While he is gone Pepé kills a man and after his return he is forced to flee. Cloth with slipcase issued sans dust jacket. Yolla Bolly Press unknown
1984211362Yolla Bolly 1984. Limited Edition. Full tan patterned buckram paper spine title label publishers brick red slip case. Fine in near fine lightly rubbed publisher's slipcase. Limited to 250 numbered copies of which this is 186. Signed by both Stegner and Wikstrom on the colophon page. Yolla Bolly unknown
000586Yolla Bolly. F. F in slipcase. Limited edition signed by Wallace Stegner; with Stegner intro. 1st ltd. edition. Yolla Bolly unknown
1984WRCLIT64751Covela CA: The Yolla Bolly Press 1984. Quarto. Decorated cloth paper spine label. Illustrated. Bookplate on front pastedown otherwise fine in very good slipcase with two small sticker scars on one panel. First edition in this format illustrated with six color woodblock illustrations and five wood engraved page decorations by Karin Wikström and with an Afterword to this edition by Wallace Stegner. One of 250 numbered copies of 260 signed by Stegner and by Wikström published as the second of the press' "California Writers of the Land" series. The Yolla Bolly Press hardcover books
1984108077The Yolla Bolly Press. 1984. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. 1984. The Yolla Bolly Press. 53 pages. #144 of 250 copies. SIGNED on limitation page by Wallace Stegner Karin Wikstrom Efrain Rameriz actor who plays Pepe the star of the film version. Number Two in a Series: California Writers of the Land. Illustrations printed direct from the artist's blocks over lithograph color. Book and Slipcase are in FINE condition. ; #2 in a Series: California Writers of the Land; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 53 pages; Signed by Associated . The Yolla Bolly Press hardcover
198448292Covelo CA: Yolla Bolly Press 1984. Edition limited to 250 copies this no. 69; square 4to pp. 8 52 4; six color woodblocks by Karin Wikström woodblock text illustrations; signed by Wikström and Stegner on colophon; full patterend buckram paper label on spine; fine in a lightly rubbed red slipcase. Yolla Bolly Press unknown
198448292Covelo CA: Yolla Bolly Press 1984. Edition limited to 250 copies this no. 69; square 4to pp. 8 52 4; six color woodblocks by Karin Wikström woodblock text illustrations; signed by Wikström and Stegner on colophon; full patterend buckram paper label on spine; fine in a lightly rubbed red slipcase. <br/><br/> Yolla Bolly Press hardcover books
198494011The Yolla Bolly Press 1984. Hard cover. Very good/No jacket. Signed by Wikstrom and Stegner. Limited edition of 250 copies designed by James and Carolyn Robertson and printed at The Yolla Bolly Press by Jim Wehlage. Copy #233. In slipcase.<br /> <br /> Slipcase is lightly scuffed and worn along edges. Spine is tanned but text is legible. Binding is tight and inside is clean and unmarked. The Yolla Bolly Press unknown
198433331142Covelo California: Carolyn and James Robertson The Yolla Bolly Press 1984. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Wikstrom Karin. One of 260 copies folio size 60 pp. signed by Wallace Stegner and Karin Wikstrom. John Steinbeck 1902-1968 considered "a giant of American letters" was best known for his portrayals of families in California often exploring themes of alienation and injustice through "everyman" characters n. b. info from Wikipedia. "Flight" is a short story originally published in the collection "The Long Valley" on the subject of manhood as the protagonist Pepe strives to fill his father's place. While in town he kills a man and must fllee and his subsequent trials reveal that Pepe is not only "trying to live up to the foolish and romantic ideal of manhood common to his kind but is one of the incarnations of Everyman pursuing the ideals that foolish or not. . .in the end give him stature and dignity" per the afterword. <br /> <br /> Wallace Stegner 1909-1993 provides an afterword for this edition. Stegner was often called "The Dean of Western Writers"; he was a member of the faculty at Stanford University and founded its creative writing program. The Stegner Fellowship program at Stanford was named in his honour and he is a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in 1972 and the U.S. National Book Award in 1977. In the afterword Stegner analyses the themes and characters in the story in the context of Steinbeck's other work as well as the literary movement at the time.<br /> <br /> Included in this publication by The Yolla Bolly Press are woodcuts by Swedish artist Karin Wikstrom b. 1959 who has contributed illustrations for several other Press editions including "The Inland Whale" by Theodora Kroeber and "Zapata" by John Steinbeck. Here her prints evoke a pathos for the tragic fate of the characters in their pursuit of dreams and dignity. <br /> <br /> ___DESCRIPTION: Full natural linen with wrap-around tan illustration of desert landscape white paper spine label with brown lettering fore-edge uncut tan endpapers title page with orange woodcut by Karin Wikstrom six colour woodcuts by Wikstrom tipped in throughout orange woodcuts by Wikstrom throughout; Goudy Modern type folio size 12 1/4" by 10 1.4" pagination: i-vi 1-39 40-42 43-52 53 1 colophon this no. 161 of 250 numbered copies total edition of 260 signed by Wallace Stegner and Karin Wikstrom on the colophon. Loosely laid into the book is a small note from the publisher regarding variation in handmade books. In a slipcase covered with brown paper.<br /> <br /> ___CONDITION: A fine copy; the covers clean the corners straight and unrubbed the binding tight with solid hinges the interior clean and bright and free of prior owner markings; as new; the laid-in note also fine. The slipcase is fine overall strong and sturdy free of splits or tears clean without wear other than a few very light stray marks on one side.<br /> <br /> ___POSTAGE: Please note that this is an unusually heavy volume and additional postage may apply; please inquire for details. Internationa customers please also note that any taxes duty or tariffs charged by your country will of necessity be your responsibility.<br /> <br /> ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Carolyn and James Robertson, The Yolla Bolly Press hardcover
198418082760Covelo California: Carolyn and James Robertson The Yolla Bolly Press 1984. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Wikstrom Karin. Copy "M" folio size 60 pp. signed by Wallace Stegner and Karin Wikstrom. John Steinbeck 1902-1968 considered "a giant of American letters" was best known for his portrayals of families in California often exploring themes of alienation and injustice through "everyman" characters n. b. info from Wikipedia. "Flight" is a short story originally published in the collection "The Long Valley" on the subject of manhood as the protagonist Pepe strives to fill his father's place. While in town he kills a man and must fllee and his subsequent trials reveal that Pepe is not only "trying to live up to the foolish and romantic ideal of manhood common to his kind but is one of the incarnations of Everyman pursuing the ideals that foolish or not. . .in the end give him stature and dignity" per the afterword. <br/><br/>Wallace Stegner 1909-1993 provides an afterword for this edition. Stegner was often called "The Dean of Western Writers"; he was a member of the faculty at Stanford University and founded its creative writing program. The Stegner Fellowship program at Stanford was named in his honour and he is a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in 1972 and the U.S. National Book Award in 1977. In the afterword Stegner analyses the themes and characters in the story in the context of Steinbeck's other work as well as the literary movement at the time.<br/><br/>Included in this publication by The Yolla Bolly Press are woodcuts by Swedish artist Karin Wikstrom b. 1959 who has contributed illustrations for several other Press editions including "The Inland Whale" by Theodora Kroeber and "Zapata" by John Steinbeck. Here her prints evoke a pathos for the tragic fate of the characters in their pursuit of dreams and dignity. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Full natural linen with wrap-around tan illustration of desert landscape white paper spine label with brown lettering fore-edge uncut tan endpapers title page with orange woodcut by Karin Wikstrom six colour woodcuts by Wikstrom tipped in throughout orange woodcuts by Wikstrom throughout; Goudy Modern type folio size 12.25" by 10.25" pagination: i-vi 1-39 40-42 43-52 53 1 colophon one of 10 presentation copies of a total edition of 260 this lettered "M" signed by Wallace Stegner and Karin Wikstrom on the colophon. In a slipcase covered with brown paper.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: A fine copy; the covers clean the corners straight and unrubbed the binding tight with solid hinges the interior clean and bright and free of prior owner markings; as new. The slipcase is fine also strong and sturdy clean overall without wear. Overall an exceptional copy.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: Â Please note that this is an unusually heavy volume and additional postage may apply; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Carolyn and James Robertson, The Yolla Bolly Press hardcover books
194579377Paris: Fontaine 1945. Fine. Fontaine Paris 1945 16 x 24 cm broché Second edition of this special issue devoted to American writers and poets. Handsome copy. Contributions by Thomas Stearns Eliot Ernest Hemingway John Steinbeck William Faulkner Gertrude Stein William Saroyan William Carlos Williams Allen Tate E.E. Cummings Erskine Caldwell André Gide Julien Green. Fontaine unknown
194579377Fontaine | Paris 1945 | 16 x 24 cm | broché
27912Paris, 1945, in-8, broché, 217 pp., notices bio-bibliographiques et index. Préfaces de Gide, Julien Green et contributions de Hemingway, Steinbeck, Faulkner, Henry Miller, Caldwell, Gertrude Stein, Cummings, etc.
27912Paris, 1945, in-8, broché, 217 pp., notices bio-bibliographiques et index. Préfaces de Gide, Julien Green et contributions de Hemingway, Steinbeck, Faulkner, Henry Miller, Caldwell, Gertrude Stein, Cummings, etc.
