New York: The Viking Press, 1954. Return to Cannery Row - Steinbeck’s Sweet Thursday First Edition - Near Fine in Second-Issue Dust Jacket STEINBECK, John. Sweet Thursday. New York: The Viking Press, 1954. First edition, first printing. Octavo (8 x 5 3/8 inches; 203 x 136 mm.). x, [1–2], 3–273..... More
New York: Covici Friede, 1937. Steinbeck on Stage - The Dramatic Form of Of Mice and Men First Edition of the 1937 Play STEINBECK, John. Of Mice and Men. A Play in Three Acts. New York: Covici Friede, 1937. First edition. Octavo (7 1/2 x 5 inches; 191 x 127..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1938. Steinbeck’s Salinas Stories - A Cornerstone Collection First Edition in Exceptional Condition STEINBECK, John. The Long Valley. New York: The Viking Press, 1938. First edition. Octavo (8 x 5 inches; 203 x 127 mm.). [1–8], 9–303, [1, blank] pp. Publisher’s quarter light tan buckram..... More
London: Heinemann, 1961. Steinbeck’s Final Novel - A Moral Reckoning in Cold War America The First U.K. Edition in Exceptionally Fresh Condition STEINBECK, John. The Winter of Our Discontent. London: Heinemann, [1961]. First U.K. edition. Octavo (7 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 194 x 130 mm.). [1–10], 11–365, [366] pp..... More
New York: Covici Friede, 1935. Steinbeck’s Breakthrough - The Rare Wrappered Issue A Likely Advance Issue, One of Approximately 500 Copies STEINBECK, John. Tortilla Flat. Illustrated by Ruth Gannett. New York: Covici Friede, [1935]. First edition, wrappered issue of the author’s first commercially successful novel. Octavo (7 1/2 x 5..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1950. Experiment in Form - Play and Novel Intertwined A Dramatic Steinbeck, Unusual and Underappreciated STEINBECK, John. Burning Bright. A Play in Story Form. New York: The Viking Press, 1950. First edition. Octavo (7 3/8 x 4 3/4 inches; 187 x 121 mm.). [1–8], 9–159..... More
London: Heinemann, 1958. Steinbeck & Ricketts in the Gulf of California A Scientific Journey Recast as Literature STEINBECK, John. The Log from the the Sea of Cortez. The narrative portion of the book Sea of Cortez with a profile “About Ed Ricketts”. London: Heinemann, 1958. First U.K. edition. Octavo (8..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1969. Steinbeck at Work The Private Notebook Behind a Masterpiece STEINBECK, John. Journal of a Novel. The East of Eden Letters. New York: The Viking Press, [1969]. First edition. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches; 209 x 143 mm.). x, [1–2], 3–182 pp. Publisher’s..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1957. Steinbeck’s Satirical Fantasy of Monarchy Restored A Political Fable - Light in Tone, Sharp in Observation STEINBECK, John. The Short Reign of Pippin IV. A Fabrication. New York: The Viking Press, 1957. First edition, first issue. Octavo (8 x 5 3/8 inches; 201 x...... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1958. Steinbeck as War Correspondent Dispatches from the Front - Human, Immediate, and Unvarnished STEINBECK, John. Once There Was a War. New York: The Viking Press, 1958. First edition, first issue. Octavo (8 3/8 x 5 5/8 inches; 213 x 143 mm.). xxii, [1-2], 3–233..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1945. Advance Issue in Original Wrappers A Pre-Publication Steinbeck of Uncommon Survival STEINBECK, John. Cannery Row. New York: The Viking Press, 1945. Advance copy, preceding the first edition. Octavo (7 3/8 x 4 3/4 inches; 187 x 121 mm.). [vi], 208, [1, advertisements], [1, blank]..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1947. A Powerful Documentary Collaboration Steinbeck’s Stark Vision of Rural Mexico - First Edition STEINBECK, John. The Forgotten Village. With 136 photographs from the film of the same name by Rosa Harvan Kline and Alexander Hackenschmied. New York: The Viking Press, 1941. First edition, first..... More
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925. “Kissing Your Hand May Make You Feel Very, Very Good…” “Anita Loos’s presentation copy to MGM director Edward Sedgwick, Linking one of the great Jazz Age novels directly to Hollywood’s golden age.” LOOS, Anita. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1961. The Glass Family in Full - A Bright, Unfaded Copy Salinger’s Most Beloved Companion Volume to Catcher SALINGER, J.D. Franny and Zooey. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1961]. First edition. Octavo (8 x 5 3/8 inches; 203 x 137 mm.). [vi], [1–2], 3–201, [1..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. The Defining American First Novel of Youthful Alienation A Landmark in Modern Literature - In the Scarce First Issue Jacket SALINGER, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo (7 11/16 x...... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1959. The Glass Family Ascendant - First Issue with the “Sey-more” Misprint A Cornerstone of Salinger’s Post-Catcher Fiction SALINGER, J.D. Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1959. First edition, first issue - without the dedication and..... More
New York: Covici Friede, 1936. Steinbeck’s First Book - The Buccaneer Romance of Henry Morgan Cup of Gold - First Covici Friede Edition, Using McBride Sheets STEINBECK, John. Cup of Gold. A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History. New York: Covici Friede, 1936. First Covici..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1969. Steinbeck at Work The Private Notebook Behind a Masterpiece STEINBECK, John. Journal of a Novel. The East of Eden Letters. New York: The Viking Press, [1969]. First edition. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches; 209 x 143 mm.). x, [1–2], 3–182 pp. Publisher’s..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1948. Steinbeck in the Soviet Union - Words and Images by Two Masters A Russian Journal - With Photographs by Robert Capa STEINBECK, John. A Russian Journal. With photographs by Robert Capa. New York: The Viking Press, 1948. First edition, first printing. Quarto (9 3/8..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1941. Steinbeck and Ricketts - Science, Friendship, and the Gulf of California First Edition of Sea of Cortez STEINBECK, John Steinbeck. Ricketts, Edward F. Sea of Cortez. A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research. New York: The Viking Press, 1941. First edition, first printing. Octavo..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1961. Steinbeck’s Final Novel - A Dark Meditation on Conscience and Corruption The Winter of Our Discontent - First US Edition STEINBECK, John. The Winter of Our Discontent. New York: The Viking Press, 1961. First US edition. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 210..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1942. Steinbeck in Wartime - A Novel of Resistance and Moral Courage First Edition, First Issue of The Moon Is Down STEINBECK, John. The Moon Is Down. A Novel. New York: The Viking Press, 1942. First edition, first issue (with the large dot between “talk”..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1947. Steinbeck Between War and Mastery - The Wayward Bus First UK Edition - A Transitional Work STEINBECK, John. The Wayward Bus. London: William Heinemann Ltd., [1947]. First UK edition. Octavo (7 3/4 x 5 1/8 inches; 197 x 130 mm.). [vi], 254 pp. Publisher’s purple..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1962. "The Writer’s Task Is to Declare and Celebrate Man’s Proven Capacity for Greatness” Steinbeck’s Nobel Address - A Private Printing STEINBECK, John Steinbeck. Speech Accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature. Stockholm, December 10, 1962. New York: The Viking Press, [1962]. One of 3,200 copies..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. “Mark Twain in Flames” A Landmark of American Literature - First Edition, First State TWAIN, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens). Life on the Mississippi. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. First edition, first state, with the tailpiece on p. 441 depicting “Mark Twain..... More
