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Finely Bound First edition of John Steinbeck's Classic Work East of Eden
STEINBECK, JOHN.
East of Eden.
New York: The Viking Press 1952.
First edition of Steinbeck’s epic and moving story of a modern Cain and Abel. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt-ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 145948
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First Illustrated Edition of The Red Pony; Inscribed by John Steinbeck
STEINBECK, JOHN.
The Red Pony.
New York: The Viking Press 1945.
First illustrated edition of Steinbeck’s classic novel. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, with illustrations by Wesley Dennis. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For J.C. Shakel with regards John Steinbeck.” Fine in the original slipcase.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 144291
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"You think it's a lie. But it ain't no lie. Ever' word's the truth": First Edition of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men: A Play in Three Acts
STEINBECK, JOHN.
Of Mice and Men: A Play in Three Acts.
New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1937.
First edition of Steinbeck’s dramatization of his poignant novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good first issue dust jacket with the publisher’s price of $2.00. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 143012
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“Muscles aching to work, minds aching to create - this is man": First Edition of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath
STEINBECK, JOHN.
The Grapes of Wrath.
London: William Heinemann 1939.
First English edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 143492
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First Edition of John Steinbeck's Cannery Row
STEINBECK, JOHN.
Cannery Row.
London: William Heinemann 1945.
First English edition of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 143494
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“I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found": First Edition of John Steinbeck's Travels with Charley; Inscribed by Him
STEINBECK, JOHN.
Travels with Charley.
New York: The Viking Press 1962.
First edition of Steinbeck’s beloved cross-country narrative. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Don Freeman. Photographs of Steinbeck by Hans Namuth. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery.
Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 142958
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First edition of John Steinbeck's Classic Work East of Eden; In exceptional Condition
STEINBECK, JOHN.
East of Eden.
New York: The Viking Press 1952.
First edition, first issue of Steinbeck’s epic and moving story of a modern Cain and Abel. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear. An exceptionally fresh example.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 140275
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Signed Limited First Edition of John Steinbeck's The Red Pony
STEINBECK, JOHN.
The Red Pony.
New York: The Viking Press 1945.
Signed limited first edition of Steinbeck’s classic novel, one of 699 copies. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, with illustrations by Wesley Dennis. Fine in the rare original slipcase. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 140427
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George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan: A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue; from the library of American Actor Zachary Scott
SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD [JOHN STEINBECK].
Saint Joan: A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company 1936.
Early printing of one of Shaw’s major works. Octavo, original cloth, with illustrations from the play as presented by Katharine Cornell courtesy of Vandamm Studio. From the library of American actor Zachary Scott, the first husband of Elaine Scott who later married writer John Steinbeck. Scott is best remembered for his many roles as villains and “mystery men” in dozens of musical comedies, film noirs, and psychological thrillers throughout the 1940s and 50s including Hollywood Canteen, The Unfaithful, Shotgun, Man in the Shadow, and The Young One. In very good condition with Scott’s bookplate to the pastedown.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 114807
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"We live, but I wonder whether we learn anything": First Edition of John Steinbeck's The Winter of Discontent; Inscribed by Him to Illustrator and collaborator Wesley Dennis
STEINBECK, JOHN .
The Winter of Our Discontent.
New York: The Viking Press 1961.
First edition, presentation edition of Steinbeck’s final novel, one of only 500 examples with only a few known inscribed examples, which along with The Grapes of Wrath are considered his masterpieces. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Hello Dennis — We live, but I wonder whether we learn anything John Steinbeck.” The reply in a second hand reads, “As I told John — We don’t. Dennis Wesley.” The recipient, Dennis Wesley was an illustrator, who illustrated Steinbeck’s classic The Red Pony over twenty years earlier. He was also known for illustrating fifteen children’s books about horses that he created in collaboration with writer Marguerite Henry. He illustrated over 150 books in his lifetime, including Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty and also wrote and illustrated a few books of his own, among which are Flip, Flip and the Cows, Flip and the Morning, and Tumble. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Elmer Hader. Lettering by Jeanyee Wong. Photograph by William Ward Beecher. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by Asprey. An exceptional association.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 138829