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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX STEINBECK, John. John Steinbeck Auto-graph on Index Card. Autographed 2.5" x 4"index card. Fine. #368736 ............................................ $500

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Steinbeck’s CopyHAYES, Albert H. The Science of Life; orSelf-Preservation. Boston: Peabody MedicalInstitute (1868). First edition. Good plus with worn,wrinkled boards and cloth beginning to wear away at thetop of the spine. Paper of text cockled. This copy wasJohn Steinbeck's personal copy, as evidenced by thestamp on the front pastedown, "This Book Belongs toCarol and John Steinbeck." A water stain discolors partof the front pastedown and the front free endpaper butdoes not ruin or alter the stamping. This work wasdirected toward young men and warns against theproblems of improper sexual intercourse. #81231 ................................................................................................... $150XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX STEINBECK, John. The Pastures ofHeaven. New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam 1932.First edition. Probably a former private lending librarycopy with label on rear pastedown, and paper remnant offront pastedown, else very good lacking the dustwrapper.#338609 ....................................................................... $1,500

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX STEINBECK, John. The Pastures ofHeaven. New York: Modern Age Books (1938).Reprint. Good in wrappers with a darkened spine, flaringand creases at the corners, soiling, pages are browned andbrittle, front endpaper and title page are detached.#338677 ............................................................................. $20

BRALEY, Berton. Morgan Sails theCaribbean. New York: Macmillan 1934. First edition.Fine in very good plus clipped dustwrapper withdampstain to the front wrap and chipping to theextremities, most notably to the foot and crown of thespine, as well as bottom front wrap. Epic poem basedsomewhat on John Steinbeck's novel Cup of Gold, with anacknowledgment and printed letter from Steinbeck.#313839 ........................................................................... $120

STEINBECK, John. Tortilla Flat. New York:Covici-Friede (1935). First edition. Foxing to the boards,thus very good in a dustwrapper that has beenprofessionally restored, and is slightly short, butotherwise looks near fine. Steinbeck's first book to be setin Monterey, and his first major success, a picaresque,episodic tale of a group of pleasure-loving Mexican-Americans. Scarce in jacket, even a restored one.#83858 ........................................................... $3,950 $2,765

STEINBECK, John. Tortilla Flat. New York:Covici-Friede (1937). Reprint. Illustrated by RuthGannett. Ornate bookplate on the front pastedown, giftinscription on the front free endpaper, else very good invery good minus dustwrapper with rear panel detachedand a tanned spine. #337143 ....................................... $125

STEINBECK, John. In Dubious Battle. NewYork: The Modern Library (1936). Later printing. Lightstain on front cloth board, else very good in a good onlydampstained dustwrapper with edges chipped. ModernLibrary, Number 115, 344 titles listed inside dustwrapper.#229941 ............................................................................. $25

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX STEINBECK, John. In Dubious Battle. NewYork: Sun Dial Press (1940). Reprint. Very good withlight edgewear, some soiling, lacking the dustwrapper.#324103 ............................................................................. $30

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX One of Six Author's CopiesSTEINBECK, John. Nothing So Mon-strous. New York: Pynson Printers 1936. First SeparateEdition (originally published as part of The Pastures ofHeaven, 1932); Goldstone A2f; noting that the paper supplyallowed only 370 copies to be printed. Lightly worn at theedges, about fine. Published for subscribers to use asChristmas gifts, the colophon was customized with thesubscriber's name following "made by the PynsonPrinters of New York at the request of____ forpresentation to [blank]." Goldstone notes 50 copies wereso designated for Elmer Adler, 100 for Frederick B.Adams, Jr., 150 for Ben Abramson, 50 for Edwin J.Beinecke and 20 for antiquarian bookseller Howard Mott(although evidently fewer were issued with his name; onlyone is known). Unknown to Goldstone, this is one ofapparently only six copies with Steinbeck's name in thecolophon. In a letter to Frederick B. Adams, Jr., one ofthe publishers, Steinbeck requested six copies as hecouldn't "afford any more." We have only heard of oneother copy of the Steinbeck issue. Steinbeck has filled inthe colophon with the name of Elsie and Martin Ray, andhas Inscribed upside-down on the rear free endpaper,"For Rusty and Elsie, Whose back rubbing has made mea little less monstrous than I [small cross-out] have been.John Steinbeck." In the proper place, right side up on thefront free endpaper, the author has Inscribed "I am adope (see last page) John Steinbeck." Steinbeck was aguest at Martin (Rusty) and Elsie Ray's Mt. Eden Wineryin Saratoga, California, where he is said to have written aportion of The Grapes of Wrath. #57117 ................ $15,000

STEINBECK, John. Nothing So Mon-strous. New York: Pynson Printers 1936. First SeparateEdition (originally published in The Pastures of Heaven,1932). An unusually fine, fresh copy with the cornerssquare and virtually unrubbed. Goldstone notes that thepaper supply allowed only 370 copies to be printed.Published for subscribers to use as Christmas gifts, thecolophon was customized with the subscriber's namefollowing "made by the Pynson Printers of New York atthe request of [blank] for presentation to [blank]." 50copies were so designated for Elmer Adler, 100 forFrederick B. Adams, Jr., 150 for Ben Abramson, 50 forEdwin J. Beinecke, and 20 for antiquarian booksellerHoward Mott (although evidently fewer were issued withhis name; only one is known). Unknown to Goldstone,there were six copies for Steinbeck as well. This copy hasthe subscriber's name, The Colophon, handwritten in forpresentation to the noted printer Carl P. Rollins.Additionally this copy is Signed by the subscribersAdams and Adler, as well as by bookman John T.Winterich. All three were editors of The Colophon, amagazine for book collectors. Rollins was the first"University Printer" at Yale. Goldstone A2f. #56139 ............................................................................................... $1,750

STEINBECK, John. Of Mice and Men. NewYork: Covici Friede 1937. First edition, second issue orsecond printing. A little foxing to the boards, a very goodor a bit better copy in good only dustwrapper (with theprice present) that is somewhat stained and foxed. NicelyInscribed by the author: "Dear Sam Thank you forreading and your kind words. Sincerely, John Steinbeck."A poignant, classic novella of two Depression-era drifterswhose dreams of a better life are not supported by fate.Adapted by Steinbeck for the stage and then filmedseveral times, first and most indelibly in 1939 by LewisMilestone with Burgess Meredith and Lon Chaney, Jr. inthe lead roles. #273795 .............................................. $4,000

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX STEINBECK, John. Of Mice and Men: APlay in Three Acts. New York: Covici-Friede(1937). First edition. Near fine in a price-clipped, good orbetter dustwrapper with some chipping near the bottomof the front flap fold, and a large but faint dampstain. Anuncommon play, adapted by Steinbeck from his ownnovel. Filmed several times, first and most notably as the1939 Lewis Milestone film with Burgess Meredith andLon Chaney, Jr. in the leading roles, and which lost out toGone With The Wind for a Best Picture Oscar in possiblyHollywood's greatest year (other "losers" that yearincluded The Grapes of Wrath, Dark Victory, Goodbye Mr.Chips, The Wizard of Oz, Ninotchka, Stagecoach, Mr. SmithGoes To Washington, and Wuthering Heights). #100479 ................................................................................................... $600XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX STEINBECK, John. Of Mice and Men. NewYork: Dramatists Play Service (1951). Acting edition. Afine copy in stapled wrappers. #98680 ......................... $35

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX STEINBECK, John. The Long Valley. NewYork: Viking 1938. First edition. Spine very slightlytanned, else fine in near fine dustwrapper with a smalltear where the crown meets the front panel, and somelight rubbing. A very attractive copy, and seldom foundthus. #68293 ................................................................ $2,500

GANNETT, Lewis. John Steinbeck: Per-sonal and Bibliographical Notes. New York:Viking Press (1939). First edition. First issue. Frontispieceportrait of John Steinbeck mistakenly attributed byStjernstrom (supposed to be attributed to Bo Beskov).Stapled wrappers with paper label laid on front. 14pp.Edges lightly tanned, else near fine. #142397 ............. $65

STEINBECK, John. The Grapes ofWrath. New York: The Viking Press (1939). Firstedition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with a short tearand a little rubbing. A nice, bright copy of this PulitzerPrize-winning novel of an Oklahoma family's migrationto California during the Depression. Basis for the JohnFord film featuring Henry Fonda as Tom Joad. Ford andSupporting Actress Jane Darwell won Academy Awards;Fonda was nominated but lost to Robert Donat inGoodbye, Mr. Chips! Steinbeck's masterpiece and literature'slasting testament to the Great Depression, it was singled-out in his citation for the Nobel Prize decades later.#364654 ....................................................................... $6,500

STEINBECK, John. The Grapes ofWrath. New York: Viking Press (1939). First edition.Some darkening to the pastedowns, else near fine in a faironly but basically intact dustwrapper with the "firstedition" slug intact on the front flap. The jacket isconsiderably tanned and rubbed, with small chips, mostat the spinal extremities. With a small card Signed bySteinbeck laid in. Pulitzer Prize-winning classic of anOklahoma family's migration to California during theDepression. Basis for the John Ford film featuring HenryFonda as Tom Joad. Ford and Supporting Actress JaneDarwell won Academy Awards; Fonda was nominatedbut lost to Robert Donat in Goodbye, Mr. Chips.Steinbeck's masterpiece and literature's lasting testamentto the Great Depression, it was singled-out in his citationfor the Nobel Prize decades later. A reasonably decentcopy with the first edition statement present on the frontflap. #351181 .............................................................. $2,000

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX BENNETT, Robert. The Wrath of JohnSteinbeck or St. John Goes to Church. LosAngeles: Albertson Press 1939. First edition. Pagesdetached from boards else very good with offsetting tothe endpapers from tape. One of 1000 numbered copiesSigned by the author. #45910 ....................................... $65

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX CERWIN, Herbert, compiled and editedby. Famous Recipes by Famous People.San Francisco: Lane Publishing 1940. First edition. Verygood plus lacking the dustwrapper. Contributers includeLouis Bromfield, Walt Disney, Corey Ford, RubeGoldberg, Ben Hecht, J. Edgar Hoover, RobinsonJeffers, Sinclair Lewis, H.L. Mencken, Mrs. Franklin D.Roosevelt, Upton Sinclair, O. Soglow, Gertrude Stein,John Steinbeck, and Gluyas Williams. #48707 ............ $85

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Steinbeck’s CopyENGLE, Paul. Always the Land. New York:Random House (1941). First edition. Offsetting to theendpapers, spine faded and lightly rubbed, else near finewithout dustwrapper. Nobel laureate author JohnSteinbeck's copy, with his ownership stamp. #36359 ........................................................................................... $100 $70

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (Magazine) STEINBECK, John, andothers. Harpers Magazine: August 1941,Volume 183. New York: Harper & Brothers 1941.Magazine. Small quarto wrappers. Contains pages 225-336. Very good with top corner on rear wrapperchipped, foxing on page fine edges. Featuring: "WhoGoes Nazi?" by Dorothy Thompson, "How EdithMcGillcuddy Met R.L.S.: A Story" by John Steinbeck, andothers. #169925 ................................................................ $35

STEINBECK, John. The Moon Is Down.New York: Viking 1942. First edition, first issue, with nomention of the printer on the copyright page and a largeperiod "talk" and "this" on p.112, line 11. Fine in aboutvery good, price-clipped dustwrapper with some overallrubbing rubbing and some nicking at the spinalextremities. #64701 ....................................................... $125

STEINBECK, John. The Moon Is Down.New York: The Viking Press 1942. First edition, secondissue. Near fine in blue publishers' cloth, with owner'sname in neat ink on the front free endpaper in a verygood price clipped dustwrapper with some light wear tothe front fold and spine edges, and rubbing to the backpanel. #337666 ................................................................. $65

STEINBECK, John. The Moon Is Down.New York: Viking 1942. Early reprint. Faint offsetting tothe front endpapers else near fine in a near fine price-clipped dustwrapper with a small chip at the crown.#54961 ............................................................................... $45

STEINBECK, John. The Moon Is Down.London: William Heinemann 1942. First British edition.Near fine with a little fading on the boards, an inknotation on the front endpaper, in a fair onlydustwrapper with most of the spine missing, some chipsalong the edges. #329798 ................................................ $25

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX STEINBECK, John. The Moon Is Down.New York: Penguin Books (1995). Reprint. Tradepaperback. Fine in wrappers. #353734 ......................... $10

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX GEISMAR, Maxwell. Writers in Crisis:The American Novel Between Two Wars.Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1942. First edition.Octavo. 299pp. Spine and edges lightly faded, else verygood in a good only price-clipped dustwrapper withedges chipped, spine lightly faded. Ring Lardner, ErnestHemingway, John Dos Passos, William Faulkner,Thomas Wolfe, and John Steinbeck and their worksinfluenced by American life. #167437 .......................... $25XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX STEINBECK, John. Cannery Row. NewYork: Viking Press 1945. First edition, in the later yellowbinding. Very good with a faded spine, some soiling,lacking the dustwrapper. #339498 .............................. $175

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX STEINBECK, John. Cannery Row. NewYork: Bantam Books (1954). Later printing. Mass marketpaperback. Pages evenly age-toned, light wear, still verygood. Bantam Books, Number 1266. #158651 ........... $10

Ecrivains et Poetes des Etats-Unisd'Amerique. Paris: Fontaine 1945. Reprint, hardcoverissue. Very good without a dustwrapper. Text is inFrench. Contains work by Eliot, Faulkner, Frost,Hemingway, Hughes, Lindsay, Miller, Moore, Sandburg,Stein, Saroyan, Steinbeck, Williams, others. #301965 ..................................................................................................... $40

Ecrivains et Poetes des Etats-Unis.Paris: Fontaine 1945. Reprint, wrappered issue. Verygood in wrappers. Text in French. Contains works bySteinbeck, Faulkner, Henry Miller, William CarlosWilliams, Gertrude Stein, William Saroyan, ErskineCaldwell, Robert Frost, T.S. Eliot, Sara Teasdale, CarlSandburg, and others. #334312 ..................................... $35

STEINBECK, John. The Red Pony. NewYork: Viking 1945. First illustrated edition, illustrated byWesley Dennis. Near fine condition in a very goodslipcase. Beautiful pictorial slipcase and front board.#81792 ............................................................................. $150

STEINBECK, John. The Red Pony. NewYork: Viking 1945. First illustrated edition. Fine in aworn, good plus slipcase. A variant issue, not listed inGoldstone & Payne: fine beige glazed cloth, with "Printedby Zeese-Wilkinson Co.," but with a tan paperboardslipcase (not the blue-gray slipcase usually seen).#57149 ............................................................................. $125

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX STEINBECK, John. The Red Pony. NewYork: Viking (1945). First illustrated edition. Near fine ina fine mylar wrapper, housed in a good slipcase with abrowned spine, splits in three seams. #335897 ........... $50

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX STEINBECK, John. The Red Pony. NewYork: Viking (1945). First illustrated edition. Very goodwith some wear at the spine ends, boards lightly soiled,crayon scribble on the front endpaper, lacking theslipcase. #299216 ............................................................. $25

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (Movie tie-in) STEINBECK, John. TheRed Pony: Original Poster for the BantamBooks Paperback Movie Tie-In Edition.New York: Bantam Books 1949. Color poster for thefirst Bantam Books paperback edition issued to coincidewith the release of the motion picture starring Myrna Loyand Robert Mitchum. Approximately 22" x 28". Veryslight loss at the bottom edge, and a couple of very smalltears in the margins, else easily fine. Boldly printedreproducing the front cover of the paperback depictingLoy and Mitchum, and other images from the film. Veryscarce. #81303 ................................................................ $750

List of Manuscripts Awarded by the Bookand Author War Bond Committee 1943-1946. Jamaica, NY: Book and Author War BondCommittee / Queens Borough Public Library 1946. Firstedition. Wrappers. Octavo. 55, (5)pp. Small ink note onfront wrap, a trifle soiled, else near fine. Interesting list ofmanuscripts awarded as premiums at war bond drives,including important manuscripts by Sherwood Andeson,Pearl S. Buck, John Dos Passos, Walter D. Edmonds,Albert Einstein, Randall Jarrell, Sinclair Lewis, ThomasMann, Betty Smith, Gertrude Stein, John Steinbeck, RexStout, James Thurber, Eudora Welty, and many others.#83888 ............................................................................. $150

STEINBECK, John. The Steinbeck Omni-bus. (Melbourne): William Heinemann (1946). Stated"First Australian Edition," preceding the British, whichwas published in 1950. Neat owner name and a tiny hole,both on the front fly, pages browned, else near fine in anabout very good dustwrapper with several internalrepairs, and chipping at the spine ends. Scarce in jacket.#76395 ............................................................. $225 $157.50

(SANDBURG, Carl). New York HeraldTribune Forum 1947: Modern Man: Slaveor Sovereign?. New York: New York HeraldTribune 1947. Octavo. Stapled wrappers. 12pp. Fine.Program for a three day series of radio broadcasts.Among the participants were Carl Sandburg, JohnSteinbeck, Robert Capa, John Foster Dulles and others.From the papers of Catherine McCarthy, permissionseditor for Harcourt, Brace, and close friend of Sandburg.Very scarce. #64411 ...................................................... $100

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX GUERARD, Albert J. Prosateurs Ameri-cains Du XXe Siecle [cover title]: Ecrit auxU.S.A. Paris: Robert Laffont 1947. Fourteenth edition.Near fine in printed wrappers in fine dustwrapper andacetate overjacket. Portraits and translations of Americanauthors including Faulkner, Hemingway, McCullers,Steinbeck, Lardner, O'Hara, and many others. A veryattractive copy. #280977 ................................................. $50

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX STEINBECK, John. The Pearl. New York:The Viking Press 1947. First edition. Very good in rustcolored cloth covered boards, in a very good dustwrapperwhich used to be glued to the pastedowns, but has beenloosened with some residue left on the pastedowns.#339792 ........................................................................... $150

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX STEINBECK, John. The Pearl. (New York):Bantam Books (1947). First Bantam Books paperbackedition, issued to coincide with the release of the motionpicture starring Pedro Armendáriz and María ElenaMarqués. Illustrated with black and white photographs ofscenes from the film. Pages age-toned, spine faded, elsevery good. Bantam Books, 131. #354686 .................... $30

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (Movie tie-in) STEINBECK, John. ThePearl: Original Poster for the BantamBooks Paperback Movie Tie-In Edition.New York: Bantam Books 1948. Color poster for thefirst Bantam Books paperback edition issued to coincidewith the release of the motion picture starring PedroArmendáriz and María Elena Marqués. Approximately22" x 28". About fine. Boldly printed, the posterreproduces the front wrap of the paperback against abackground of images of Armendáriz and Marqués fromthe film. Very uncommon. #81304 ............................. $600

STEINBECK, John. The Wayward Bus.London: William Heinemann (1947). First Englishedition. Fine in a good dustwrapper with a modest chip atthe crown and a long tear. A nice copy of a relativelycommon title. #100480 ................................................. $150

STEINBECK, John. The Wayward Bus.New York: Viking 1947. Book Club edition. Very goodwith light soiling to the covers, spine ends bumped,lacking the dustwrapper. #291669 ................................ $10

STEINBECK, John. A Russian Journal.New York: Viking 1948. First edition. Quarto. Picturesby Robert Capa. Tiny owner name stamp frontpastedown, else fine in attractive, very good plusdustwrapper with a modest chip on the front panel, andsome short tears. A pleasing copy. #67000 ........................................................................................ $200 $140

LUCE, Henry R., edited by. Time:January 26, 1948, Vol. LI, No. 4. New York:James A. Linen/The Associated Press 1948. First edition.Quarto stapled wrappers. 104pp. Very good with addresslabel on front wrap peeled off. Front cover: James CaesarPetrillo. Short article on John Steinbeck and Robert Capa.#348650 ............................................................................. $18

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX HELLMAN, Dr. Alfred M. The Physiologyand Pathology of Book Collecting. [NewYork]: Privately printed for Alfred M. Hellman 1949.First edition. Stapled printed self-wrappers. 11pp. Fainttidemark on front wrap, and on one interior leaf, elsevery good. One of 300 numbered copies. Christmaskeepsake written by an obstetrician about his collection,mostly of medical books, but also of John Steinbeck.Uncommon. #305832 ..................................................... $65

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX STEINBECK, John. Burning Bright: APlay in Story Form. New York: Viking 1950. Firstedition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A superlative copy, thenicest we've seen. #88017 ......................................... $1,250

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX STEINBECK, John. Burning Bright: APlay in Story Form. New York: Viking Press 1950.First edition. Topedge a little soiled, still fine in veryslighty soiled, else fine dustwrapper. A very nice copy.#293535 ........................................................................... $475

STEINBECK, John. Burning Bright: APlay in Story Form. New York: Viking 1950. Firstedition. Fine in an attractive, very good dustwrapper witha modest scrape on the spine. #277811 ..................... $300

STEINBECK, John. Burning Bright: APlay in Story Form. New York: The Viking Press1950. First edition. Very good with slightly cocked spineand owner inscription, lacking the dustwrapper.#333268 ............................................................................. $30

STEINBECK, John and others. SaturdayReview Reader: Articles of Enduring Inter-est Selected From The Saturday Reviewof Literature. New York: Bantam Books (1951). Firstedition. 16mo. Very good with light wear to wrappers,pages are age-toned. Contributors: John Steinbeck,William Faulkner, Philip Wylie, Clifton Fadiman,Bertrand Russell, and more. #282239 ........................... $20

STEINBECK, John. East of Eden. NewYork: The Viking Press 1952. First edition. Slight cockedwith faint soiling and some bumping on the corners elsevery good plus in a very good spine toned dustwrapperwith shallow chips and tears along the edges. Advancereview copy with complimentary slip laid in. Signed bythe author on a card laid in. Basis for the 1955 Kazanfilm starring James Dean, Raymond Massey, and JulieHarris which won Jo Van Fleet the 1956 Academy Awardfor Best Supporting Actress. #370565 .................... $3,000

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX STEINBECK, John. East of Eden. NewYork: Bantam 1954. First paperback edition. Very goodin wrappers with moderate wear. #156665 .................. $18

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (STEINBECK, John) Anonymous. Steven-son: Speeches. New York: Random House (1952).First edition. Very good minus in wrappers. A forewordby John Steinbeck. #41749 ............................................. $50

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX CAPP, Al. The World of L'il Abner. NewYork: Farrar, Straus and Young 1953. First edition.Introduction by John Steinbeck. Foreword by CharlesChaplin. Small octavo. Cheap pages a bit toned, else finein fine dustwrapper with a touch of rubbing, but none ofthe usual spine fading. Very scarce, especially incondition. #343801 ........................................................ $400

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX CAPP, Al. The World of L'il Abner. NewYork: Farrar, Straus and Young 1953. Second printing.Introduction by John Steinbeck. Foreword by CharlesChaplin. Small octavo. Cheap pages a bit toned, else finein very good dustwrapper with a few small chips, and theusual spine fading. Scarce in jacket. #343803 ........... $125

CAPP, Al. The World of L'il Abner. NewYork: Ballantine Books with Farrar, Straus and Young(1953). First paperback edition. Introduction by JohnSteinbeck. Foreword by Charles Chaplin. Small octavo.Tiny ink date on first leaf, cheap pages a bit toned andwith a few nicks, very good in wrappers. #343805 ..................................................................................................... $85

Saturday Review: December 10, 1955,Vol. XXXVIII, No. 50. New York: Saturday Review1955. First edition. Quarto stapled wrappers. Very goodwith pages age-toned. Front cover: "Feudalism - Not forExport" by Steven Runciman; Critics' Choice: Year's BestRecordings, Anna Magnani, and Burt Lancaster, stars ofThe Rose Tattoo. More About Aristocracy by JohnSteinbeck. #313225 .......................................................... $20

(Literary Criticism) SMITH, Thelma M.and Ward L. Miner. Transatlantic Migra-tion: The Contemporary American Novelin France. Durham NC: Duke University Press 1955.First edition. Fine in about fine dustwrapper with lightsunning to the spine lettering. General study, as well asseparate chapters devoted to Dos Passos, Hemingway,Faulkner, Calder and Steinbeck. #62754 ...................... $45

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX STEINBECK, John, Aldous Huxley, Wil-liam Saroyan, F. Scott Fitzgerald, andothers. Great Tales of The Far West. NewYork: Lion Library Editions (1956). First printing. Massmarket paperback. Corners lightly creased, else near fine.#342995 ............................................................................. $15

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX STEINBECK, John. The Short Reign ofPippin IV. New York: The Viking Press 1957. Firstedition. Drawings by William Pène Du Bois. Spine,foredge and endpapers a little foxed, very good in goodor better dustwrapper with some soiling and modesttears. From the Library of the artists Ben Shahn andBernarda Bryson Shahn, with an estate label designed bytheir son, Jonathan Shahn. #344759 ........................... $175

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX STEINBECK, John. The Short Reign ofPippin IV: A Fabrication. New York: The VikingPress 1957. First edition. Drawings by William Pène DuBois. Some spotting on the spine and some wear on theextremities else very good or better in a very good price-clipped dustwrapper with toning on the spine, someabrasions on the rear panel, shallow chips and tears.#355804 ............................................................................. $65

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX STEINBECK, John. Wonniger Donner-stag [Sweet Thursday]. Frankfurt (Germany):Büchergilde Gutenberg (1958). Text in German. Spineand edges lightly tanned, else near fine in a very gooddustwrapper with edges worn and torn, small stains onspine. #192801 .................................................................. $15

(Anthology) GINGRICH, Arnold and L.Rust Hills, edited by. The ArmchairEsquire. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons (1958). Firstedition. Fine in near fine, lightly soiled dustwrapper withsome light wear to the ends of the spine and edges of thepanels. Contributors include Luigi Pirandello, D.H.Lawrence, Ezra Pound, E.E. Cummings, John dosPassos, Thomas Mann, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Maxim Gorki,Theodore Dreiser, Ernest Hemingway, Edgar LeeMasters, Thomas Wolfe, H.L. Mencken, Sinclair Lewis, J.D. Salinger, Norman Mailer, Evelyn Waugh, AlbertCamus, Aldous Huxley, John Steinbeck, Richard Rovere,Arthur Miller, Saul Bellow, George Bernard Shaw, andGeorge Jean Nathan. #45089 ......................................... $50

MURPHY, Dennis. The Sergeant. New York:Viking 1958. First edition. Advance Reading Copy. Finein good, moderately soiled dustwrapper with a short,internally tape repaired tear to the bottom of the front fly,some wrinkling and a long, internally tape repaired tear tothe rear panel, and light wear to the ends of the spine.Dustwrapper blurbs by John Steinbeck and WallageStegner. #58910 ................................................................ $25

MURPHY, Dennis. The Sergeant. New York:Viking 1958. First edition. Owner stamp on front fly,scattered foxing, ends of the spine faded, else very goodin very good, soiled dustwrapper with some light rubbing,a small abrasion to the front panel as well as somecreasing and a few small nicks to the ends of the spineand edges of the panels. Dustwrapper blurbs by JohnSteinbeck and Wallace Stegner. #41521 ....................... $25

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX MURPHY, Dennis. The Sergeant. London:Shakespeare Head (1958). First English edition. Smallbookstore label else fine in a very near fine dustwrapperwith just a touch of tanning to the spine, and a couplesmall and faint stains on the rear panel. Dustwrapperblurb by John Steinbeck on the front panel. Basis for the1968 film directed by John Flynn (in his directorial debut)and featuring Rod Steiger. The English edition is muchmore uncommon than the American. #78423 ........................................................................................ $150 $105

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (Anthology) GAVER, Jack, edited by.Critics' Choice: New York Drama Critics'Circle Prize Plays. London: Arco Publications(1959). Second edition. Some of copyright informationneatly crossed out, else fine in near fine, lightly soileddustwrapper with some light wear to the ends of thespine and edges of the panels. Contributors include JohnPatrick, Carson McCullers, Maxwell Anderson, TennesseeWilliams, Lillian Hellman, William Saroyan, Arthur Miller,Sidney Kingsley, and John Steinbeck. #45126 ............ $45

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX BODE, Carl, editor. The Young Rebel inAmerican Literature. London: Heinemann (1959).First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with slight wrinkleon the spine. Essays on Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Steinbeck,Whitman, Thoreau, Mencken, and Sinclair Lewis.#279748 ............................................................................. $50

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (STEINBECK, John and Adlai Steven-son). Coronet – March 1960. Chicago: EsquireInc. 1960. Magazine. 12mo. 224pp. Perfect boundwrappers. Slightly rubbed, else fine. Features a four-pagecorrespondence between John Steinbeck and AdlaiStevenson titled "Our 'Rigged' Morality." #342785 ..................................................................................................... $35

STEINBECK, John. Once There Was aWar. New York: Bantam Books (1960). First paperbackedition. Mass market paperback. Pages age-toned, foxinginside wrappers, light edgewear, still very good. A BantamBook, A2075. #180530 ................................................... $15

STEINBECK, John. The Winter of OurDiscontent. New York: Viking 1961. First edition.Limited edition, one of 500 copies. Fine, lacking thedustwrapper and printed acetate overjacket. However,and although not called for, this copy is Inscribed: "ForOliver H. Clark from John Steinbeck." Scarce thus.#67648 ......................................................................... $6,500

STEINBECK, John. The Winter of OurDiscontent. New York: Viking Press 1961. Firstedition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. An unusually fine copy.Although not marked in any way, this copy is from thedistinguished modern first edition collection of BruceKahn. #282644 ........................................................... $1,250

STEINBECK, John. Speech Acceptingthe Nobel Prize for Literature. New York: TheViking Press 1962. First edition. Fine in wrappers andnear fine dustwrapper with a couple of tiny stains. One of3200 copies. A lovely copy. #278063 ......................... $250

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX The Booklover's Answer Issue NumberTwo, Nov.-Dec. 1962. Woodstock, New York:The Answer 1962. First edition. Number two only.Stapled wrappers. 26pp. Tanned spine, else near fine.Bibliographia: Herman Melville, Henry David Thoreau.An article on John Steinbeck the year he received theNobel Prize for Literature along with a checklist.#338624 ............................................................................. $25

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX STEINBECK, John and Zachary Scott.John Emery. New York: Privately Printed 1964. Firstedition. A couple of very faint tape shadows on thepastedowns, slight rubbing to boards still a very near finecopy in leather and papercovered boards as issued. Oneof only 200 copies. The text of two eulogies delivered atprivate services for the deceased actor. One of the veryscarcest Steinbeck items. #8836 ................. $1,500 $1,050

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX JOHNSON, Lyndon Baines. [John Stein-beck]. The Inaugural Address of LyndonBaines Johnson President of the UnitedStates Delivered at the CapitolWashington January 20, 1965. Worcester:Achille J. St. Onge 1965. Miniature. 1.75" x 2.5". Fullleather gilt. Fine. One of 2500 copies. LBJ's inauguralspeech, written in part by John Steinbeck. #366297 ..................................................................................................... $50XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX STEINBECK, John. America and Ameri-cans. New York: Viking Press (1966). First edition.Quarto. 207pp. Sticker on front pastedown, cornerslightly bumped, still near fine in a very good dustwrapperwith short tears along the extremities. Photography byAnsel Adams, John Bryson, Henri Cartier-Bresson, W.H.Lathrop, Sam Siegel, Todd Webb, and more.#121711 ............................................................................. $65

(STEINBECK, John). Henry Fonda Arti-cle in Harper's Bazaar November 1966.New York: Hearst Corporation 1966. First edition. Photoof Henry Fonda by Roddy McDowell. Very good withlight wear along the spine, some browning on the rearwrap. This is the entire issue of Harper's Bazaar.#316637 ............................................................................. $50

(STEINBECK, John, John Oliver Killens,Kay Boyle and Charles Portis). TheSaturday Evening Post – July 2, 1966.Philadelphia: The Curtis Publishing Company 1966.Magazine. Folio. 102pp. Stapled wraps. Worn wraps withsplitting along the spine, and remnant from address label,about very good. This issue feature the articles "Americaand the Americans" by John Steinbeck, and "NegroesHave a Right to Fight Back" by John Oliver Killens,along with the short stories "Fire in the Vineyards" byKay Boyle and "Traveling Light" by Charles Portis.#342760 ............................................................................. $20

MADDEN, Charles F., edited by. TalksWith Authors. Carbondale: Southern IllinoisUniversity (1968). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper.Authors included are: John Dos Passos, Horace Gregoryon Sherwood Anderson, Arthur Mizener on F. ScottFitzgerald, Carvel Collins on William Faulkner, WarrenBeck on John Steinbeck, Carlos Baker on ErnestHemingway, James T. Farrell, Karl Shapiro, MurielRukeyser, Anne Sexton, Richard Wilbur, Vance Bourjaily,Kay Boyle. #315751 ......................................................... $25

STEINBECK, John. Journal of a Novel:The East of Eden Letters. New York: VikingPress (1969). First trade edition. Preceded by a limitededition of one thousand copies. Owner's name pennedon front pastedown, else near fine, lacking thedustwrapper. #209328 ..................................................... $20

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX STEINBECK, John. His Language. Aptos,California: (Roxburghe & Zamorano Club) 1970. Firstedition. An Introduction by James D. Hart. Quarto.Facsimile frontispiece. Original buff wrappers. Paper flawon front wrap (looks a little wrinkled), else fine. One of150 copies printed at the Grace Hoper Press. Goldstone &Payne A45a. #315162 ..................................................... $150

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX ROBERTS, Warren, editor. The LibraryChronicle of the University of Texas atAustin: New Series Number 3, May, 1971.Austin: The Humanities Research Center 1971. Firstedition. Wrappers. 92pp. Fine. Featuring: "LiteraryPortraits: III T.S. Eliot" by Sir Gerald Kelly, "MadelineHummel: Fifty Unpublished Letters from JosephConrad", "Manuscripts: III Tortilla Flat" by JohnSteinbeck, and more. #354393 ....................................... $30

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX CROUCH, Steve. Steinbeck Country. PaloAlto, California: American West Publishing Company(1973). First edition. Quarto. 191pp. Spine ends worn andbumped with one inch abrasion on the spine head, stillvery good in a very good dustwrapper with two inch tearson the spine head, short tears along the edges.#122799 ............................................................................. $10

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX GOLDSTONE, Adrian H. and PAYNE,John R. John Steinbeck: A Bibliogra-phical Catalogue of the Adrian H. Gold-stone Collection. Austin, Texas: University of Texas(1974). First edition. One of 1200 copies. Fine withoutdustwrapper as issued. #284244 .................................. $250

WALCUTT, Charles Child, edited by.Seven Novelists In The American Natu-ralist Tradition: An Introduction. Minneapolis:University of Minnesota Press (1974). First edition.Owner's name penned on front pastedown, thus nearfine, lacking the dustwrapper. Includes discussion ofworks by Stephen Crane, Frank Norris, TheodoreDreiser, Jack London, Sherwood Anderson, JohnSteinbeck, James T. Farrell. #147208 ........................... $10

VALJEAN, Nelson. John Steinbeck: TheErrant Knight: An Intimate Biography ofHis California Years. San Francisco: ChronicleBooks (1975). First edition. Octavo. 184pp. Illustratedwith black and white photographs. Very good with lightfoxing in a very good dustwrapper with small tear in mid-spine. #257096 .................................................................. $20

STEINBECK, John. Steinbeck: A Life inLetters. New York: The Viking Press (1975). Firsttrade edition. Edited by Elaine Steinbeck and RobertWallsten. Near fine with light edgewear, a little glueresidue on the front endpaper, in a near fine dustwrapperwith light edgewear, a short closed tear at the bottom ofthe front panel. #310926 ................................................ $60

(WHEELOCK, John Hall). PLIMPTON,George A., editor. The Paris Review No.63. New York: Paris Review (1975). First edition. Uppercorner bent, else fine in wrappers. This issue featuresinterviews with J.P. Donleavy and John Steinbeck, as wellas fiction by Andrei Codrescu and poetry by Robert Bly,Louis Simpson, James Tate and others. Signed by JohnHall Wheelock at the mention of his name in theDonleavy interview. #73970 .......................................... $15

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (UPDIKE, John). PLIMPTON, George,edited by. Writers at Work: The ParisReview Interviews Fourth Series. New York:The Viking Press (1976). Uncorrected proof. Wrappers.Slight toning and spotting else very good. Signed byJohn Updike. Contributions by Isak Dinesen, ConradAiken, Robert Graves, John Dos Passos, VladimirNabokov, Jorge Luis Borges, George Seferis, JohnSteinbeck, Christopher Isherwood, W.H. Auden, EudoraWelty, John Berryman, Anthony Burgess, Jack Kerouac,Anne Sexton, John Updike. #365489 ......................... $300XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 1979-1980 Bantam Paperbacks Literaturefor Colleges and Universities. (New York:Bantam Books 1979). First edition. Quarto. Stapled cardcovers. 32pp. Fine. Front cover: Philip Roth, RayBradbury, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, John Steinbeck, AnaïsNin, and more. #348534 ................................................. $15

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX KIERNAN, Thomas. The Intricate Music:A Biography of John Steinbeck. Boston: Little,Brown and Company (1979). First edition. Octavo.331pp. Near fine with spine a bit cocked in a near finelightly scuffed dustwrapper. #128060 ........................... $15

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX RIGGS, Susan, compiled and edited by.A Catalogue of the John Steinbeck Col-lection at Stanford University. Stanford,California: Stanford University Libraries 1980. Firstedition. One of one thousand copies. Octavo. 194pp.Printed wrappers. Small stain on front wrapper near thespine, still very good. #190269 ...................................... $25

BRYAN, J., III. Merry Gentlemen (AndOne Lady). New York: Atheneum 1985. First edition.Very good Hardcover in Dustwrapper, Bottom panelcorners very lightly bumped, dustwrapper shows crease inback flap. Fred Allen, Robert Benchley, George Bond,Marc Connelly, Finis Farr, Corey Ford, NunnallyJohnson, S.J. Perelman, Arthur Samuels, John Steinbeck,and more. #320522 .......................................................... $20

MILLER, John edited by. Voices AgainstTyranny: Writing on the Spanish CivilWar-On the 50th Anniversary of theEvent. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1986. Firstedition. Introduction by Stephen Spender. Fine inwrappers. Contributors include W.H. Auden, AndreMalraux, Ernest Hemingway, Dorothy Parker, ThomasMann, John Dos Passos, George Orwell, Pablo Picasso,Stephen Spender, Dorothy Parker, Salvador Dali, JohnSteinbeck, William Faulkner, T.S. Eliot, Evelyn Waugh,Ezra Pound, others. #314707 ........................................ $15

WHITEBROOK, Peter. Staging Stein-beck: Dramatising The Grapes Of Wrath.London: Cassell (1988). First edition. Illustrated withblack and white photographs of scenes from the play.Very good with owner's name penned on frontpastedown, spine a bit cocked, else very good, lacking thedustwrapper. #169305 ..................................................... $15

NEWCOMBE, Jack, edited by. Travels inthe Americas. New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson(1989). First edition. Small Quarto. 434pp. Near fine withlight foxing to the top and foredge in a near finedustwrapper with slight wear to the spine ends.Explorations by Willa Cather, Joan Didion, Jack Kerouac,Jonathan Raban, John Muir, Ernie Pyle, John Steinbeck,Margaret Atwood, E.B. White, Mark Twain, EdwardHoagland, Bruce Chatwin, Peter Matthiessen, EvelynWaugh, Farley Mowat and others. #348249 ................ $15

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX STEINBECK, John (Edited by RobertDeMott). Working Days: The Journals ofThe Grapes of Wrath, 1938-1941. (NewYork): Viking (1989). Reprint. Very good with owner'sname penned on front pastedown, remainder mark,lacking the dustwrapper. #208589 ................................ $10

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX STEINBECK, John. Zapata. (New York):Penguin Books (1993). First edition. Edited and withcommentary by Robert E. Morsberger. IncludesSteinbeck's screenplay for Viva Zapata! with notes bydirector Elia Kazan. Illustrated. Light, minimal rubbingthus near fine in wrappers. #274913 ............................. $70

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX COERS, Donald V., Paul D. Ruffin, andRobert J. DeMott, edited by. After TheGrapes of Wrath: Essays on JohnSteinbeck, In Honor of Tetsumaro Haya-shi. Athens: Ohio University Press (1995). First edition.Fine in fine dustwrapper. #270766 ............................... $35

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX HARMON, Robert B. John Steinbeck: AnAnnotated Guide to Biographical Sources.Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press (1996). First edition.Octavo. 288pp. Smudge on rear board, still fine withoutdustwrapper as issued. Publisher's letter laid in.#213776 ............................................................................. $30

(STEINBECK, John). The Staff of Quilland Brush, Inc. Bibliography, First Editionand Price Guide (APG - Author's PriceGuide Series). Dickerson, MD: Quill & Brush 2004.2004 (current) edition. 22 page bibliography and price-guide. A thorough guide to identifying and collecting firsteditions, advance copies, limited editions, etc. TheAUTHOR PRICE GUIDES (APGs) include a facsimileof the author's signature; a brief biographical sketch; anup-to-date list of the author's first editions (American andBritish) with entries for limited and trade editions; numberof copies printed (if available); how to identify the firstedition; and estimated values. You can view theInstructions For Use (also included with your order),which shows a sample listing and complete instructionsfor identifying first editions of the author's works, athttp://www.betweenthecovers.com/private/article_images/InstructionsForUse.pdfThe APGs are offered here AS PDF FILES. Onceyour order has been processed, your files will be deliveredto you via email (no shipping charges apply). #93573 ............................................................................................... $16.50