John Steinbeck. Personal and Bibliographical Notes
New York: The Viking Press, 1939. First Edition. Original Wraps. Octavo. First edition, second issue in original printed wrappers. A fine copy. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1939. First Edition. Original Wraps. Octavo. First edition, second issue in original printed wrappers. A fine copy. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1950. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. 159pp., bound in gray cloth stamped in red, spine lettering red; a Near Fine copy in Very Good++ unclipped dust jacket. Slight fading bottom of spine of Dust Jacket, short closed tear. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1945. First Edition. Original Wraps. 7 3/8" x 4 3/4" First Issue (January, 1945) ADVANCE REVIEW COPY 208pp., (1)pp. 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. More
New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1929. First Ediiton. Hard Cover. First issue of the author's first book; yellow cloth, printed in black, 269 pages, top edges stained blue. "First published August 1929" on copyright page. One of just 1537 copies printed. A very near fine copy, internally clean..... More
New York: Covici, Friede Publishers (1936). Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 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..... More
New York (1936): Covici, Friede Publishers. Advance Review Copy. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 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..... More
New York (1936): Covici, Friede Publishers. Third Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 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..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1941. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Quarto. Life in a Mexican Village with photographs from the motion picture directed by Herbert Kline. 143pp. Bound in beige pictorial cloth lettered and decorated in green, top edge green; a clean bright copy in unclipped pictorial..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1938. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo, top edges stained red. A beautiful copy, in the pictorial wrap-around dust jacket, by Elmer Hader. The book is fine, with no markings of any kind; the dust jacket is near fine, with just a hint..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Small Octavo. First Issue. 188 pp. Bound in blue cloth stamped in blind, spine lettered and decorated in silver. A fine copy in near fine unclipped pictorial dust jacket. A very clean bright copy. More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1942. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Small Ocavo. 120pp. Bound in orange cloth, spine letterd in white; a near fine copy, slight fading to orange cloth, dust jacket is near fine. A very handsome copy. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1958. First Edition. 233 pages, top edges stained red; price of $3.95 on front flap. Minor wear at jacket extremities, short closed tear top of front panel, a trace of fading at jacket spine. Goldstone & Payne A37. More
New York: Viking Press, 1962. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. $4.95 price on front dust jacket flap. A fine copy in a very good+ dust jacket with a tiny chip on rear panel; internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind. More
Paris: Rene Julliard, 1956. First Edition. Original Wraps. Smal Octavo. Regular trade issue. Translated from the English edition by Jean Francois Rozen. 154(6)p. Bound in yellow pictorial wraps lettered and decorated in black and red. A very good+ copy. Text in French. [G&P, A35 b]. More
New York: Viking, 1947. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. First issue, bound in terra cotta cloth with gilt lettering spine and front cover, blindstamp bus lower front cover. "Published by Viking Press in February 1947" on copyright page. Dust Jacket unclipped with $2.75 price. A very good+..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1954. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. BOLDLY SIGNED BY JOHN STEINBECK ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER and from his sister Beth's (Elizabeth Ainsworth's) library. The book is dedicated to her. First issue dust jacket, photo by Halsman without the blurb on the..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1947. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY JOHN STEINBECK on the front free endpaper to the well-known collector Norman Webb: "Norman Webb/from /John Steinbeck". 312 pp. A very good copy with small area of fraying at head of spine..... More