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119. Steinbeck, John. 1-page A.L.s. to "Debbie" on personal stationery, with rubberstamp of a flying pig "Miyagus" at bottom. Sag Harbor: July 1965. Steinbeck writes (in full): "Dear Debbie: Your mother says that you want my signature and here it is. Since I can't imagine wanting it, it is a mystery. We had a very good time at the Whalers' Festival, due in no small part to the happy cooperation of your father and mother. I only hope they had as good a time as we did. The figure at the bottom is a rubric. Know what that is? His name is a bad pun in Greek but mine own and his motto describes my efforts. I am not trying to force erudition on you, but you will find that simple curiosity is the mother of eduation, and I'll bet you will work out both his name and his motto. Good luck and please greet your parents for me. Yours, John Steinbeck." Around the pig, Steinbeck has written his motto, "Ad Astra per Alas porci." Creases from folding, else about fine. (1000/1500).
120. Steinbeck, John. America and Americans. Illus. throughout from photographs, some color. 10-3/4x8-1/4, two-tone cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Jacket. First Edition. New York: Viking, [1966]. Goldstone-Payne, A43.a - Price clipped, else fine. (50/80).
SIGNED BY STEINBECK
121. Steinbeck, John. Bombs Away: The Story of a Bomber Team. Illus. from photographs by John Swope. Jacket. First Edition. New York: Viking, 1942. Goldstone-Payne A18.a - Inscribed & signed by Steinbeck ("John") on the front free endpaper. Rubbing to jacket spine ends & a bit to corners, short closed tears to upper jacket extremities, else very good. (1500/2500).
122. Steinbeck, John. Bombs Away: The Story of a Bomber Team. Illus. from photographs by John Swope. Jacket. First Edition. New York: Viking, 1942. Goldstone-Payne A18.a - Rubbing to jacket extremities & particularly spine head area, short tear to lower front corner of jacket, price clipped, else very good. (80/120).
123. Steinbeck, John. Burning Bright: A Play in Story Form. Jacket. First Edition. New York: Viking, 1950. Goldstone-Payne A29.a - In Burning Bright, Steinbeck attempted to develop a new technique of writing, which he termed "play-novelette," described in the foreword as "a play that is easy to read or a short novel that can be played simply by lifting out the dialogue." The new form met with only limited success. A bit of sunning to jacket spine; short closed tear to rear free endpaper, else near fine. (150/250).
124. Steinbeck, John. Cannery Row. Yellow cloth lined in blue, jacket. First Edition, Second State binding. New York: Viking, 1945. Goldstone-Payne A22.b - Light chipping to jacket spine ends, else near fine in very good jacket. (70/100).
125. Steinbeck, John. Rue de la Sardine [Cannery Row]. Trans. by Magdeleine Paz. Printed wrappers. Example "A" of 10 hors commerce copies lettered A to J. First French Edition. Paris: Gallimard, [1947]. Stains along spine & rear wrapper extremities, sunning to extremities of fron wrapper, else good. (100/150).
126. Steinbeck, John. Cannery Row. 7 copies. Two are 1st Eds., 2nd issue bindings, 1 is in Dj. [1945]. * Four are 1st UK Eds. (in various colored cloth), 2 of which are in jackets. [1945]. * One is red cloth. Sun Dial Press. [1946]. Various places: various dates. Some chipping & rubbing to jackets, else overall very good. (250/400).
127. Steinbeck, John. Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History. Dark blue cloth, jacket; half morocco slipcase. Second Edition. New York: Covici Friede, 1936. Goldstone-Payne A1.c - Jacket with no publisher's imprint & words "Author of/`Of Mice and Men'" on front panel. Chipping to jacket spine ends & corners; a bit of dampstaining to lower inside corners to flaps & first and last couple pages, erasure to half-title, else very good. (120/180).
SIGNED, LIMITED EAST OF EDEN
128. Steinbeck, John. East of Eden. Gilt-lettered dark green cloth. 1 of 1500 copies. First Edition. New York: Viking, 1952. Goldstone-Payne A32.a - Signed by Steinbeck on limitation page. East of Eden was written in part in New York City in a 4-story brownstone house on 72nd St.; Steinbeck had an upstairs room for writing. Later the Steinbecks rented a 2-story Victorian on Nantucket where the author spent several months on the book. Of this `autobiography of Salinas Valley,' Steinbeck wrote that it was "...the story of my country and the story of me...The big one as far as I'm concerned. Always before I held something back for later. Nothing is held back here." Lacking slipcase; offset from adhesion to front pastedown, else very good. (600/900).
129. Steinbeck, John. East of Eden. Jacket. First Trade Edition. New York: Viking, 1952. Goldstone-Payne A32.b - Rubbing to jacket spine foot, light chipping to head, small piece of jacket lacking from upper rear panel; hinge starting at title page, else extremely good. (100/150).
130. Steinbeck, John. The Forgotten Village. Illus. with 136 photographs from the film. 10x6-3/4, jacket. First Edition. New York: Viking, 1941. Goldstone-Payne A14.a - Price clipped, chipping to spine head, mild rubbing to foot, else fine in extremely good jacket. (70/100).
GRAPES OF WRATH WITH SIGNED CARD LAID-IN
131. Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath. Jacket, later half leather slipcase.. First Edition. New York: Viking, [1939]. Goldstone-Payne A12.a - Blank card signed by Steinbeck laid-in loose. Chipping to jacket spine head, rubbing to jacket spine foot, front joint, & a bit to extremities, darkening to jacket spine, 1" closed tear to rear lower jacket joint, flaps slightly clipped (not affecting "First Edition" statement on front flap), else fine in very good jacket. (1500/2500).
132. Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath. Jacket. First English (Colonial) Edition. London: William Heinemann, [1939]. Golstone-Payne A12.b - small rubberstamp reading "Colonial Edition" to rear pastedown. Chipping to jacket spine head & upper corners, rubbing to jacket spine foot & lower corners; small name to front free endpaper, else very good condition. (200/300).
133. Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath. Cloth. (Warping to upper page corners.) 1st UK Ed. [1939]. * Another copy. 2 vols. Illus. by Thomas Hart Benton. Cloth. Heritage Books. [1940]. * Another copy. Dj. [c.1960's]. * Frchte des Zorns. Wraps. [1975]. * Les Raisins de la Colre. Wraps. N.d. * Hartranft. Grapes of Gladness. Dj (chipped). 1st Ed. [1939]. * French, ed. A Companion to The Grapes of Wrath. Dj. [1963]. Together, 8 vols. Various places: various dates. First good, others very good in general. (150/250).
INSCRIBED BY STEINBECK
134. Steinbeck, John. In Dubious Battle. Cloth. First Modern Library Edition. New York: Modern Library, [1939]. Inscribed & signed (with thanks) by Steinbeck to Sylvia & *** Lyons, with his characteristic goose drawing, on the front free endpaper. Offset to front cover, else very good. (700/1000).
135. Steinbeck, John. The Long Valley. Jacket. First Edition. New York: Viking, 1938. Goldstone-Payne A11.a - Rubbing to jacket spine ends & extremities, chipping to jacket spine head, else fine in very good jacket. (200/300).
136. Steinbeck, John. The Log from the Sea of Cortez. Jacket. First Edition Thus. New York: Viking, 1951. Goldstone-Payne A15.c - The narrative portion of the book, Sea of Cortez, by Steinbeck & Edward F. Ricketts, 1941, with the first appearance of "About Ed Ricketts" by Steinbeck. Faint blue lines from former jacket "protector" along mid & lower jacket, chipping to jacket spine head & corners, 1" tear to lower jacket joint, price clipped, else very good. (100/150).
ADVANCE COPY OF THE MOON IS DOWN
137. Steinbeck, John. The Moon is Down. Pictorial wrappers. 1 of 700 copies. First Edition, Advance Reading Copy. New York: Viking, 1942. Goldstone-Payne A16.a - 1 of 700 copies issued in advance of the regular edition for distribution to booksellers. Rubbing to spine, particularly spine ends, and a bit to extremities; front hinge cracking, short tear to edge of p.161, else very good. (300/500).
138. Steinbeck, John. The Moon is Down. Jacket. First Edition, First Issue. New York: Viking, 1942. Goldstone-Payne A16.b - First issue without printer's name on copyright page & with large period between "talk" & "this" on p. 112, line 11. Jacket also in the rough-textured 1st state. Jacket spine ends rubbed, rubbing also to jacket corners & extremities as well as some spots on spine, short tear to upper front jacket panel, else fine in very good jacket. (80/120).
139. Steinbeck, John. The Moon is Down. 2 copies. Djs. 1st Eds., 2nd Issue. (Chipping & wear to both, one with review mounted to f.f.e., bookplate to f.f.e. verso, etc.) 1942. * Another copy. Dj. 1st UK Ed. (Blue lines from dj protector, price clipped.) [1942]. * Another copy. Wraps. Dramatis Play Service. 1st Wraps Ed. [1942]. * Another 2 copies. Cloth, 1 in dj. Photoplay Eds. Sundial Press. [1943]. Together, 6 vols. Various places: various dates. (100/150).
140. Steinbeck, John. De Vliegenvanger [The Moon is Down]. Trans. by Tjebbo Hemelrijk. Illus. by Michael Gurney. Pictorial wrappers. No. 36 of 1025 copies. First Dutch Edition. Netherlands: Bezet, 1944. The first Dutch edition of The Moon is Down was printed in defiance of the Nazi regime in occupied Holland, clandestinely printed for the purpose of sustaining the Resistance. Soiling, chipping & short tears along spine, a bit of darkening to extremities, else very good; scarce. (100/150).
STEINBECK'S OWN COPY
141. Steinbeck, John. The Murder in O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1934, ed. by Harry Hansen. Cloth. First Edition. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1934. Steinbeck's personal copy with his signature to front pastedown, below which is the rubberstamp of John & Carol Steinbeck. Rubbing to spine ends, minor dampstaining to upper page edges, else very good. (800/1000).
142. Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men. Jacket; later half morocco slipcase. First Edition, First Issue. New York: Covici Friede, [1937]. Goldstone-Payne A7.a - First issue with the words "and only moved because the heavy hands were pendula" on p.9. First issue jacket with $2.00 price on front flap. Chipping to jacket spine ends, one-inch pieces of jacket lacking from front joint foot & upper front panel (affecting "F" in "OF"), 2" closed tear to upper front joint of jacket, browning to spine & extremities, faint blue line from former jacket protector along jacket & cloth, chipping to flaps, else very good in about very good jacket. (250/400).
143. Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men. 3 copies. Cloth. First Editions, Second Issue. [1937]. * Another copy. Albatross Ed. Later cloth, leather spine label. (Stained.) [1938]. * Another copy. Dj. Sun Dial Press Ed. [1939]. * Another copy. Triangle Books Ed. Dj. [1939]. Together, 6 vols. Various places: various dates. Last 2 with rubbing & chipping to jacket extremities, else very good overall. (100/150).
144. Steinbeck, John. Once There Was a War. Jacket. First Edition. New York: Viking, 1958. Goldstone-Payne A37.a - Sunning to jacket spine, rubbing to jacket spine ends & corners, else fine in very good, bright jacket. (100/150).
FIRST ISSUE PASTURES OF HEAVEN
145. Steinbeck, John. The Pastures of Heaven. Gilt-lettered green cloth. First Edition, First Issue. New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932. Goldstone & Payne A2a - First issue with Brewer, Warren & Putnam at the bottom of the spine. 1 of only 650 copies of the First Edition. According to Harry Moore (The Novels of John Steinbeck, p.18), "The Pastures of Heaven came out in the autumn of 1932 and received a fairly good reception from the reviewers, but the wide public was not interested. Today The Pastures of Heaven is the most popular of Steinbeck's three early books. It points the way to most of his subsequent writing, and readers who like certain features of the later work may trace the beginnings of them in The Pastures of Heaven." Sunning to spine & rear joint; offset from printer's glue to free endpapers, spine slightly leaning, else very good. (400/600).
146. Steinbeck, John. The Pastures of Heaven. Gilt-lettered green cloth. 1st Ed., 3rd issue. (Robert Ballou.) (Sunning to spine.) [1932]. * Another copy. Tan cloth. 1st Ed., 4th issue. (Covici-Friede.) (Chipping to spine ends, browning to spine.) [1932]. * Another 2 copies. Cloth, 1 in dj. Tower Books Eds. (Browning to dj spine.) [1946]. Together, 4 vols. Various places: various dates. (100/150).
147. Steinbeck, John. The Pearl. Illus. with drawings by Jose Clemente Orozco. Jacket. First Edition. New York: Viking, 1947. Goldstone-Payne A25.a - First state of the jacket with photograph of Steinbeck looking to his left. A touch of sunning to jacket spine, rubbing to spine ends, perforated "7" to jacket spine, tape to flaps, bookplate to front free endpaper, adhesion residue to front pastedown, still very good. (80/120).
148. Steinbeck, John. The Red Pony. Illus. in color by Wesley Dennis. Coarse beige cloth, pictorial cover label, slipcase. First Illustrated Edition. New York: Viking, 1945. Goldstone-Payne A9.c - Near fine in very good slipcase. (50/80).
149. Steinbeck, John. The Red Pony. Illus. in color by Wesley Dennis. Coarse beige cloth, pictorial cover label, slipcase. First Illustrated Edition. New York: Viking, 1945. Goldstone-Payne A9.c - Slipcase very good; vols. about fine. (50/80).
150. Steinbeck, John. A Russian Journal. Illus. from photographs by Robert Capa. Light yellow cloth-backed greenish boards, jacket. First Edition. New York: Viking, 1948. Goldstone-Payne A27.a - Chipping to jacket spine ends, faint line from jacket protector to upper jacket, short tear to upper rear panel, else near fine & bright. (80/120).
151. Steinbeck, John & Edward F. Ricketts. Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research. Illus. with color & black & white photographs, drawings & charts. Jacket. First Edition, cloth issue. New York: Viking, 1941. Goldstone-Payne A15.b - Actually the first published edition, with the first to print the text in its entirety (the first edition in wrappers which preceded this only printed half of the text and actually constituted an advance copy, according to Bradford Morrow). The book is a description of the visit Steinbeck and Ricketts made to the Gulf of California on the "Western Flyer," a 76-foot purser seiner, to collect marine invertebrates in March and April of 1940. Chipping to jacket spine ends & corners, short tears & creases to jacket extremities, tape marks to jacket verso with offset slightly coming through, else near fine in very good jacket. (250/400).
152. Steinbeck, John. Sweet Thursday. First Edition, First Issue. 1954. * Another copy. First British Edition. [1954]. Together, 2 vols. Jackets. New York & London: 1954. Goldstone-Payne A33 - First is the first issue with top edges stained red. This copy with short tears & crease to lower rear panel extremity, chipping to jacket spine ends & mild rubbing to extremities & corners, otherwise near fine in very good jacket. Second with chipping to jacket spine head & rubbing to corners, sunning to vol. spine ends, else very good. (120/180).
SIGNED BY STEINBECK
153. Steinbeck, John. To a God Unknown. Blue cloth. First British Edition. London: William Heinemann, [1935]. Goldstone-Payne A3 - Signed by Steinbeck on the front pastedown (along hinge); part of signature smudged & offset from signature to facing free endpaper. Sunning to spine & upper extremities, faint spot to mid-spine, else very good. (1000/1500).
SIGNED TORTILLA FLAT
154. Steinbeck, John. Tortilla Flat. Illus. by Ruth Gannett. Cloth. First Edition. New York: Covici-Friede, [1935]. Goldstone-Payne A4.b - Signed by Steinbeck on the front pastedown, below bookplate of Henry T. Drown, Jr. Fine. (2000/3000).
155. Steinbeck, John. Tortilla Flat. Illus. by Peggy Worthington. Jacket. First Illustrated Edition. New York: Viking, 1947. Goldstone-Payne A4.d - Chipping to jacket spine ends & corners; owner's name to front free endpaper, else near fine in very good jacket. (80/120).
156. Steinbeck, John. Tortilla Flat. Dj. Grosset & Dunlap Ed. [1935]. * Another copy. Illus. by Peggy Worthington. Cloth. 1st Illus. Ed. (Viking). [1947]. * Another copy. Illus. by Ruth Gannett. Cloth. Modern Library Ed. [c.1937]. * Another 2 copies. New intros. Djs. (One fair only.) Modern Library Editions. [c.1960's]. * Another copy. Wrappers. Zephyr Books Ed. [1942]. Together, 6 vols. Various places: various dates. All but one are in very good condition. (80/120).
157. Steinbeck, John. Travels With Charley in Search of America. Jacket. First Edition. New York: Viking, [1962]. Goldstone-Payne A39.a - A bit of brown offset to jacket spine ends & mid-spine, price clipped, else extremely good. (70/100).
158. Steinbeck, John. The Wayward Bus. Jacket. First Edition. New York: Viking, 1947. Goldstone-Payne A23.a - A bit of rubbing to jacket & vol. spine ends & corners; offset from new clipping to front free endpaper, else extremely good. (70/100).
159. Steinbeck, John. The Winter of Our Discontent. First Trade Edition. 1961. * Another copy. First British Edition. [1961]. Together, 2 vols. Jackets. New York & London: 1961. Goldstone-Payne A38 - First with owner's label to front free endpaper, else fine; 2nd with scrape to jacket at mid- spine (paper loss), light chipping to jacket spine ends & bumping to vol. corners, price clipped, still very good. (70/100).
160. Steinbeck, John. Contribution to Writers Take Sides on the question: Are you for, or are you against Franco and fascism? Printed wrappers. First Edition. New York: League of American Writers, [1938]. Sunning to spine, else very good. (50/80).
161. Steinbeck, John. Cup of Gold. 1936. * The Long Valley. 1938. * Cannery Row. 1945. Together, 3 vols. Pictorial wrappers. Armed Services Editions. New York: Armed Services, various dates. Rubbing & creasing, else very good. (50/80).
162. Steinbeck, John. In Dubious Battle. Cloth. 1st Ed. (Good only.) [1936]. * Another copy. Cloth. Sun Dial Press Ed. (Stained.) [1940]. * Another copy. Dj. Modern Library Ed. [1936, but later]. * The Pastures of Heaven. 2 variant copies (different back covers). Wrappers. 1st Wrappers Eds. (Very good.) [1938]. * To a God Unknown. 2 copies. Cloth, 2nd in dj. Tower Eds. (Chipping, short tears.) [1943 & 1946]. * Another copy. Wraps Ed. Bantam A1324. (Rubbed.) [1955]. Together, 8 vols.Reprints of early Steinbeck novels. Various places: various dates. (100/150).
163. Steinbeck, John. The Forgotten Village. Dj. 1st Ed. (Chipping & browning to dj.) 1941. * The Red Pony. Cloth. 1st Illus. Ed. (Near fine.) [1945]. * The Wayward Bus. Dj. 1st Ed. (Heavy dj chipping & tears, tape to verso; bookplate, good only.) [1947]. * A Russian Journal. Cloth- backed boards. 1st Ed. [1948]. * Another copy. 1st UK Ed. [1949]. * The Short Reign of Pippin IV. Dj. 1st Ed. [1957]. * Another copy. 1st UK Ed. (Blue lines from dj protector, very good.) [1957]. * Travels with Charley. Dj. (Piece lacking from upper spine, tears extremities.) 1st Ed. [1962]. * America and Americans. Cloth. 1st Ed. (Fine.) [1966]. * Journal of a Novel. Dj. 1st Ed. (About fine.) [1969]. * The Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights. Dj. 1st Ed. (Sunning to dj.) [1976]. Together, 11 vols. Various places: various dates. (250/400).
164. Steinbeck, John. 36 paperback Steinbeck editions, incl. numerous foreign editions and first wrappers editions of The Pearl (Bantam, 1947), Tortilla Flat (Penguin, 1946), To a God Unknown (Bantam, 1955), & Cannery Row (Bantam, 1947). Various places: various dates. Fair to very good - a large and varied group that should be seen. (200/300).
165. (Steinbeck, John) Bennett, Robert. The Wrath of John Steinbeck or St. John Goes to Church. Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. Illus. by Artemis. Red boards, paper cover label. No. 276 of 1000 copies. First Edition. Los Angeles: Albertson Press, 1929. Signed by Bennett on the limitation page. Chipping & sunning along spine, a bit of sunning to extremities; bookplate, else very good. (100/150).
STEINBECK'S COPY OF BLAKE
166. (Steinbeck, John) Blake, William. The English Replicas: William Blake, Poetical Sketches, 1783. Printed boards. New York: Payson & Clark, 1927. John Steinbeck's copy with his signature & date (1933) to front pastedown, & the rubberstamp of John & Carol Steinbeck also to front pastedown. Darkening to spine & upper extremities, stain to spine foot & rubbing to spine ends, else very good. (300/500).
167. (Steinbeck, John) 16 issues of Steinbeck Quarterly. Edited by Tetsumaro Hayashi. Wrappers. Muncie: Ball State University, 1971-77. Collection comprises Vols. IV, Nos. 3, 4 (2 copies); V, Nos. 2, 3/4; VI, Nos. 3, 4; VII, No. 3/4; VIII, Nos. 1, 2, 3/4; IX, Nos. 1, 2, 3/4; X, Nos. 1, 2. About fine. (100/150).
TWO KEATS VOLUMES SIGNED BY STEINBECK
168. (Steinbeck, John) Keats, John. The English Replicas: John Keats Poems 1820. Printed boards. New York: Payson & Clark, 1927. John Steinbeck's copy with his signature & date (1933) to front pastedown, & the rubberstamp of John & Carol Steinbeck also to front pastedown. Darkening to spine & upper extremities, rubbing to spine ends, else very good. (300/500).
169. (Steinbeck, John) Keats, John. The English Replicas: John Keats Poems. Printed boards. New York: Payson & Clark, 1927. John Steinbeck's copy with his signature & date (1933) to front pastedown, & the rubberstamp of John & Carol Steinbeck also to front pastedown. Darkening to spine, rubbing to spine ends, else very good. (300/500).
170. (Steinbeck, John) Newcomer, Alphonso G. & Alice Andrews, eds. Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose. Cloth. Chicago: Scott, Foresman, [1910]. John Steinbeck's copy with his early name & school address ("J.E. Steinbeck, S23, 111 Encina Hall, English 8, Lit.") in ink to front pastedown, & rubberstamp of John & Carol Steinbeck to front free endpaper. Hinges cracked, internal & external dampstaining, rubbing, thus good only. (300/500).
STEINBECK'S PERSONAL THESAURUS
171. (Steinbeck, John) Roget, John Lewis. Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases. Cloth, with Steinbeck's added suede cover. New York: Thomas Crowell, n.d.. John Steinbeck's copy, with his signature & date (1927) to front pastedown and rubberstamp of Carol & John Steinbeck to front free endpaper. An important volume as Steinbeck surely used this to aid him during his most productive years of writing, and with his added suede cover. Very good, some wear from use. (1500/2500).
172. (Steinbeck, John) Sandburg, Carl. Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years. 2 vols. Gilt-lettered cloth. Fourth Edition. New York: Harcourt, Brace, [1926]. Both signed "J.E. Steinbeck, Salinas, Calif." (possibly Steinbeck's father's or wife's signature? - varies from Steinbeck's other early signatures) on front free endpapers, & with rubberstamp of John & Carol Steinbeck to front pastedowns. Hinges cracked, internal dampstaining, thus good only. (200/300).
INSCRIBED BY SANDBURG TO STEINBECK
173. (Steinbeck, John) Sandburg, Carl. Abraham Lincoln: The War Years. 4 vols. Gilt-lettered cloth. First Trade Edition. New York: Harcourt, Brace, [1939]. Inscribed & signed by Sandburg to John Steinbeck on the half-title of Vol. I ("John Steinbeck, as between two soldiers. Citizens and fellow strugglers - with affectionate good wishes, Carl Sandburg, Los Gatos, 1940."), and with Steinbeck's embossed stamp to a few pages of each volume. Front hinge of Vol. I cracked at half-title. Rubbing to spines, else very good. (700/1000).
174. (Steinbeck, John) Sandburg, Carl. Early Moon. Illus. by James Daugherty. Cloth. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1948. Inscribed & signed by Sandburg to John Steinbeck: "For John - And over you may/The be luck stars/Says the scrivener - Carl Sandburg. With *** endorsement from the instigator and entrepeneur, ***" (this last part signed by Sandburg in a different, illegible name). Rubbing to spine ends & corners, small edge piece of front free endpaper lacking, else very good. (300/500).
STEINBECK'S SCHOOL COPY WITH NUMEROUS NOTES
175. (Steinbeck, John) Sophocles. The Tragedies of Sophocles. Red cloth. Cambridge: University Press, 1917. Steinbeck's personal copy from his school days, with his signature in pencil ("J.E. Steinbeck, Jr.") to front pastedown, 10-line inscription to his wife by Steinbeck on front free endpaper in light pencil: "Dear Carol, Here is my old school copy of Sophocles. I want you to read the Trilogy of Oedipus particularly. I like this translation, it has more *** than most of the pretentious (?) translations in ***. I hope you will enjoy these plays. They are timeless, *** things, John." Most importantly, Steinbeck has written notes (from school-day era, likely written during class and passed to a friend sitting next to him.) in upper margins of a few pages having to do with his life, for instance on page 15: "Sewerd invited me to go down to Carmel last week-end. I was too broke to go." A cryptic note on p.1, likely to a girl, reads, "Busy to-night? May come til 10. Mother's tears are more anatomical." Another reads, "Ray! I have to play Polo on the 31st - my 1st public appearance. I'm skeered. Run the boat?" Yet another says, "Who in hell's Montaigne. He ain't s'much. Trilogy & 2 Electras." A couple other notes from Steinbeck also present. Dampstaining to spine & joint areas, affecting internal portions as well, thus good, but with great personal content from a young and older Steinbeck. (3000/5000).
176. (Steinbeck, John) Spenser, Edmund. The English Replicas: Amoretti and Epithalamion. Quarter parchment & printed boards. New York: Payson & Clarke, 1927. John Steinbeck's copy with his signature & date (1933) to front pastedown, & the rubberstamp of John & Carol Steinbeck also to front pastedown. Stains to spine area, else about very good. (300/500).
177. (Steinbeck, John) Taylor, Kressmann. Address Unknown. Cloth-backed boards. First Edition. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1939. John Steinbeck's copy with his signature ("John & Carol Steinbeck") to front pastedown, next to Carol Steinbeck's identical notation. Darkening to front hinge, faint stains to upper inner corners of pages, else very good - published the same year as Grapes of Wrath. (200/300).
STEINBECK'S PERSONAL DICTIONARY
178. (Steinbeck, John) Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. Period calf, a.e.g., with Steinbeck's added suede cover. Springfield: G. & C. Merriam, 1927. John Steinbeck's copy with his signature to verso of front free endpaper, and rubberstamp of Carol & John Steinbeck to front free endpaper. An important association copy as this well-thumbed dictionary was obviously used by Steinbeck during his most productive years, and with his homey added suede cover. Some wear, else very good. (1500/2500).
BOOKS INSCRIBED TO STEINBECK
179. (Steinbeck, John) Pyle, Ernie. Brave Men. 1st Ed. Inscr. & signed by Pyle to "John & Gwyn" dated 1944. [1944]. * Brogan, D.W. U.S.A.: An Outline of the Country, its People and Institutions. Inscr. & signed by Brogan to John Steinbeck. [1943]. * Jackson, Joseph Henry. Notes on a Drum: Travel Sketches in Guatemala. 1st Ed. Inscr. & signed by Jackson to "John & Carol" and with rubberstamp of John & Carol Steinbeck to front pastedown. 1937. * Ehrenburg. The Fall of Paris. Inscr. to John Steinbeck by R. Vumansky (?) on f.f.e. [c.1940's]. Together, 4 vols. Cloth. Various places: various dates. Some dampstaining to most, else good to very good. (200/300).
180. (Steinbeck, John) Darwin. Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World. Cloth. John Steinbeck's copy with his embossed stamp to several pages & pencil markings to a few sections. Ex-lib. (Pacific Grove, where Steinbeck grew up) with various markings, good only. 1893. * McWilliams. Factories in the Field: The Story of Migratory Farm Labor in California. Mentions Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath in intro. Cloth. 1st Ed. 1939. * Steinbeck. Of Beef and Men, recipe in Famous Recipes by Famous People, ed. by Herbert Cerwin. Dj. (Heavily chipped.) 1st Ed. 1940. * Flanagan. Arena. Cloth. Inscr. & signed by Hallie Flanagan to John Steinbeck on f.f.e. 1st Ed. [1940]. * Whipple. Study Out the Land: Essays. Mention of Steinbeck. Cloth. 1st Ed. 1943. * Miller. Daybreak for Our Carrier. Cloth. 1st Ed. Inscr. & signed by Miller to Gwyn & John Steinbeck. [1944]. * Biddle. Artist at War. Cloth. Inscr. & signed by George Biddle to John Steinbeck on front free endpaper. 1st Ed. 1944. * McKenney, ed. "John Steinbeck, Californian, taught us Compassion" in Out West Magazine Vol. IV. Wraps. Oct. 1969. Together, 8 vols. Various places: various dates. Good to very good. (400/700).
181. (Steinbeck, John) French. John Steinbeck. 1st Ed. [1961]. * Lisca. The Wide World of John Steinbeck. 3rd Ed. 1961. * Moore. The Novels of John Steinbeck: A First Critical Study. 2nd Ed. [1968]. * Astro. John Steinbeck and Edward F. Ricketts: The Shaping of a Novelist. 1st Ed. [1973]. * Kiernan. The Intricate Music: A Biography of John Steinbeck. 1st Ed. [1979]. * Covici. Steinbeck and Covici: The Story of a Friendship. 1st Ed. [1979]. * Parini. John Steinbeck: A Biography. 1st Ed. [1994]. Together, 7 vols. Cloth, all but 2 in jackets. Various places: various dates. About fine. (80/120).
182. (Steinbeck, John) Moore. The Novels of John Steinbeck: A First Critical Study. Dj (soiled). 1939. * French. John Steinbeck. Dj. (Dj rubbed; price clipped.) [1961]. * Humanities Research Center, U. of Texas. John Steinbeck: An Exhibition of American and Foreign Editions. Wraps. May 1963. * Astro & Hayashi. Steinbeck: The Man and his Work. 2nd Ed. [1972]. * Lisca. The Wide World of John Steinbeck. Dj. 7th Ed. [1973]. * Levant. The Novels of John Steinbeck: A Critical Study. Dj. 1974. * Hayashi, ed. Steinbeck and the Arthurian Theme. Wraps. 1975. * Valjean. John Steinbeck, Errant Knight: An Intimate Biography of his California Years. Dj. [1975]. * Simmonds. Steinbeck's Literary Achievement. Wraps. 1976. * Harmon. The First Editions of John Steinbeck. Wraps. 1978. * Gross & Hayman. John Steinbeck: A Guide to the Collection of the Salinas Public Library. Wraps. 1979. Together, 11 vols. All but 2 are First Editions. Various places: various dates. Very good or better. (120/180).
Section I: JACK LONDON...Lots 1-118
Section II: JOHN STEINBECK...Lots 119-182