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Seller Description: Near Fine in Very Good jacket. First edition, first printing. Signed by John Steinbeck on the front free endpaper and inscribed "affectionately" to Edna Goss. Goldstone-Payne A12. [vi], 619 pp. Bound in publisher's oatmeal cloth with pictorial brown stamping, yellow topstain. "Battle Hymn of the Republic" printed endpapers. Near Fine with light rubbing to cloth, very light soiling to textblock edges, bookseller ticket to back pastedown. In a Very Good dust jacket, price-clipped but with "First ... See More Details

Seller Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition, first printing, first issue with "pendula" on page 9, and a bullet between the two 8's of the page number on page 88. Signed by John Steinbeck on the front free endpaper and inscribed to a former owner. 186 pp. Bound in publisher's cloth stamped in orange and black. Near Fine with slight lean to binding, contents lightly tanned. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light toning to spine, minor edge wear with several short closed tears. Small ... See More Details

Seller Description: Fine. Limited first edition, Printer's Copy B to match the numbered edition of 99 copies. Signed by John Steinbeck on the limitation page at rear. 349 pp. Bound in publisher's beige and black cloth with gilt lettering to spine, red topstain. Fine with very slight lean to spine, dust-soiling to upper edge of textblock. In a somewhat rubbed original black paper-covered slipcase, paper title label to spine. Housed in a custom oatmeal cloth clamshell case with a gilt-lettered black morocco title ... See More Details

Seller Description: First edition, first issue with the word "pendula" present on page 9 and the dot between the 8's on p. 88 of Steinbeck's "marvelous picture of the tragedy of loneliness" (Eleanor Roosevelt). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Sara Hull Krahn John Steinbeck." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. An exceptional example, most rare and ... See More Details

Seller Description: First edition of Steinbeck's first book one of about 1500 copies. The publisher printed 2476 copies, 939 of which were remaindered as unbound sheets. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to the extremities. Comes with the original publisher's glassine. Housed in a custom cloth case. Rare, especially in this condition. "Written when Steinbeck was 27 years old and published in an edition of 2476 copies just two weeks before the stock market crashed, Cup of ... See More Details

Seller Description: Fine in Near Fine jacket. A Fine copy, in nearly Fine dust jacket. Octavo. Original buff cloth, spine lettered in brown, pictorial design in brown wrapped around spine and covers, endpapers printed with sheet music for "Battle Hymn of the Republic". A fresh copy in a dust jacket with a few little nicks at the spine ends and corners. Housed in a custom morocco-backed clamshell case. Steinbeck's classic account of the Dust Bowl and Depression era struggle of the Joad family, The Grapes of Wrath ... See More Details

Seller Description: Bookplate on pastedown; same owner's 1937 ink ownership notation on front free endpaper. A fine copy in a beautiful example of the dust jacket, with almost none of the usual tanning to the spine. 186 pp. 8vo, See More Details

Seller Description: Fine in Fine jacket. First edition, first issue. Fine in fine and bright dustwrapper. A beautiful copy of this poignant, classic novella of two Depression-era drifters whose dreams of a better life are not supported by fate. By way of illustration of this volume's scarcity, 2500 copies of the first issue were printed vs. 50, 000 for *The Grapes of Wrath*, and 78, 000 for *Cannery Row*. Basis for the 1939 Lewis Milestone film with Burgess Meredith and Lon Chaney, Jr. in the lead, and which lost ... See More Details

Seller Description: First edition of this classic story of simplicity, based on a Mexican folk tale. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Bob Kriendler with best wishes John Steinbeck." The recipient was the owner of the legendary New York City landmark restaurant and speakeasy ''21''. Steinbeck was a frequent visitor to 21 and was friends with Kriendler. It has hosted every President since Franklin Delano Roosevelt except for George W. Bush has dined at 21 ... See More Details

Seller Description: Near Fine in Very Good jacket. First edition, first printing; one of 650 copies of the first issue. Bound in publisher's green cloth with titles in gilt. Near Fine with slight lean to binding, sunning to spine ends and along top edge and pages toned. In a Very Good dust jacket with edge wear and chipping at spine ends and corners; a large chip to the top and a long closed tear with associated creasing to the bottom of the rear panel. Steinbeck's second book, of which only 1, 650 copies were ... See More Details

Seller Description: First edition of this classic story of simplicity, based on a Mexican folk tale. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Maggie and Larry with love John Steinbeck." Near fine in a near fine first-issue dust jacket with Steinbeck looking to the left on the rear panel. Drawings by Jose Clemente Orozco. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A story of classic simplicity, based on a Mexican folk tale, The Pearl explores the secrets of ... See More Details

Seller Description: Very Good+ in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Signed by John Steinbeck on the half title, inscribed to former owner, "For Thomas." [viii], 246 pp. Original white cloth stamping in crimson and black. Very Good+ with very slight lean, hinge starting at front, ink underline and marginal note to p. 241, faint marginal bracket to another page. In a Near Fine dust jacket with sunning to spine, light shelf wear, unclipped. A rare signed copy of Steinbeck's bestselling American travelogue with his ... See More Details

Seller Description: Very Good in Good jacket. 1st Printing. First Printing. Clipped DJ in archival cover, edge wear, soiling, damp stain. See More Details

Seller Description: Slight bump to bottom front corner. About Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. In the first issue dustwrapper. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Steinbeck on the front endpaper: "For Craig/Sincerely, /John Steinbeck/New York." A scarce book to find authentically signed. See More Details

Seller Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ price clipped dust jacket. All 4 flap corners clipped. Faint foxing on side/top text block edge. See More Details

Seller Description: First edition of Steinbeck's riveting account of his experiences with several bomber crews of the U.S. Army Air Forces during WWII. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 60 photographs by John Swope. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Dear Mr. Wilson, Many thanks for your lucid thoughts and interest in my work, John Steinbeck." The recipient, Edmund Wilson, was an American literary critic and progenitor of the Library of America publication series. His ... See More Details

Seller Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition, limited issue; one of 1, 500 copies signed by John Steinbeck, of which 750 were for private distribution. [viii], 602 pp. Bound in publisher's original green buckram lettered in gilt with spine blocked in brown, all edges stained terra-cotta; housed in publisher's faux-wood grain slipcase. Fine with light spot of soiling to verso of limitation page and half-title in Near Fine publisher's acetate jacket with small chip and closed tear at one spine ... See More Details

Seller Description: Full Description: STEINBECK, John. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: The Viking Press, [1939]. First edition, first issue with "First Published in April 1939" on copyright page and first edition notice on front flap of dust jacket. Octavo (8 x 5 3/8 inches; 203 x 137 mm). [vi], 619, [3, blank] pp. In publisher's dust jacket illustrated by Elmer Hader. Publisher's original beige cloth. Boards and spine pictorially stamped and lettered in reddish-brown. Top edge dyed yellow. Endpapers with a portion ... See More Details

Seller Description: Very Good in a Very Good slipcase. Slight bumping to slipcase.; Signed by John Steinbeck on the front end page.; Signed by Author. See More Details

Seller Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" In blue and red jacket over green cloth with silver titling, 8vo, 598pp. Illustrated with color and b/w illustrations. A wonderful copy inscribed to long-lived Irish rabble-rowser Sheila O'Leary on the half title page by Steinbeck: "For Sheila O'leary-O'leary-O'leary-For Sheila O'leary. -John Steinbeck". (slight edgewear to outer jacket at tips and corners, slight toning to edges and endpapers). See More Details

Seller Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Book. Inscribed by Author(s) First Edition. Inscribed by John Steinbeck on the front free endpaper in black ink: "For Basil Bass with many thanks for a great deal of hel; p in this project John Steinbeck". Dustjacket has light expert color touch-up with $2.50 price on the front flap. The book's spine is lightly darkened. Housed in a beautiful quarter blue leather slipcase with gilt lettering. Uncommon title to be signed by Steinbeck. Book is protected in a custom cut clear ... See More Details

Seller Description: A fine copy in a bright fresh dust jacket with very slight use to the extremities of the backstrip. The backstrip has some of the usual tanning. 186 pp. 8vo, See More Details

Seller Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition, first issue. Signed by Mahlon Blaine, whose illustrations appear on the the dust jacket, endsheets and title page. Bound in publisher's green cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine. Cloth lightly sunned through jacket at spine, and along top and bottom edges. Pages toned. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light wear at the spine ends, and a short closed tear along the top edge of the front panel with some faint associated creasing. A ... See More Details

Seller Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 1st Printing. Publishers original cloth. Stated first published in April 1939. Price of $2.75 on dust jacket present. Four edges of dust jacket clipped, with minimal edge wear, otherwise fine. DJ in archival cover. See More Details

Seller Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ price clipped dust jacket. Owner bookplate on front pastedown.; Signed by John Steinbeck on half title page.; Signed by Author. See More Details