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“Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile": Signed Limited First Edition of John Steinbeck's In Dubious Battle
STEINBECK, JOHN.
In Dubious Battle.
New York: Covici-Friede Publishers 1936.
Signed limited first edition of this “dramatically intense, beautifully written novel” (The New Republic); the first book in Steinbeck’s Dustbowl trilogy, which was followed by Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath, number 39 of 99 examples. Octavo, original half morocco. Signed by John Steinbeck. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 131878
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“It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone": First Edition of John Steinbeck's The Winter of Discontent; Inscribed by Him
STEINBECK, JOHN .
The Winter of Our Discontent.
New York: The Viking Press 1961.
First edition, presentation copy 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. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Charles Sulner John Steinbeck.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Elmer Hader. Lettering by Jeanyee Wong. Photograph by William Ward Beecher. Presentations copies of Steinbeck’s masterpiece are rare.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 136878
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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. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptionally fresh example.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 140275
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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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“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 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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“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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"Mary avec l'aimite from John the XXII": First Edition of The Short Reign of Pippin IV; Inscribed by John Steinbeck to his sister
STEINBECK, JOHN.
The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication.
New York: The Viking Press 1957.
First edition of Steinbeck’s only political satire. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his sister on the front free endpaper, “Mary avec l’aimite from John the XXII.” The recipient, Mary Steinbeck Dekker was the eldest sister of John Steinbeck. The warmth of this inscription reflects their close and enduring relationship throughout his life. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by William Pene Du Bois. From the library of Mary Steinbeck Dekker. An exceptional association.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 145514
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"This book was ghost written in the truest sense of the world. An imp crept down my arm and played in the ink. Don't turn me in please": First Edition of John Steinbeck's The Short Reign of Pippin IV; Inscribed by Him
STEINBECK, JOHN.
The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication.
New York: The Viking Press 1957.
First edition of Steinbeck’s only political satire. unrevised proof copy, signed presentation inscription from the author “Dear Elsie Clough: This book was ghost written in the truest sense of the world. An imp crept down my arm and played in the ink. Don’t turn me in please Yours John Steinbeck.” on front inner wrapper, 2 autograph corrections to the labels including the publication date corrected from March to April, and the price corrected from $2.95 to $3.00, original spiral-bound wrappers, some snapped, edges toned and creased, a little marked, tall 8vo, [1957]. A true unrevised copy (the title character’s name is spelled “Peppen” on p.1.) Elsie Clough ran The Book Shop in Providence, Rhode Island from 1922 to 1963 (her last day of business was November 22). Steinbeck may have been rewarding Clough and other booksellers for years of supporting his work: another copy of the unrevised proof of Pippen is inscribed to Cleveland booksellers Bob and Anne Levine, with a similar message mentioning imps. Included with the lot is an essay by Elsie Clough looking back on her career, published in the 1964 issue of Yankee Magazine. Provenance: The Mary Steinbeck Dekker Family Collection.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 145697
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Ernest Hemingway's The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories; From the Library of John Steinbeck; inscribed by John Steinbeck's wife Carol Brown Steinbeck to him
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. [JOHN STEINBECK].
The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1938.
First edition, second printing of this famed Hemingway anthology, containing his only published play as well as the first appearance in book form of The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, and Night Before Battle. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Association copy, inscribed on the pastedown by Carol Brown Steinbeck to her husband, John Steinbeck, “For John on his birthday. 1940 With love, Carol.” The recipient, Nobel Prize-winning novelist John Steinbeck remains perhaps best-known for his 1939 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Grapes of Wrath. Throughout the course of his career, Steinbeck authored 33 books including 16 novels, six works of non-fiction, and two collections of short stories, most notably Tortilla Flat (1935) and Cannery Row (1945), East of Eden (1952), and Of Mice and Men (1937). Steinbeck and Hemingway did not know each other personally, although they had a number of mutual friends. The only known correspondence between them is a letter sent by Steinbeck, who in 1939 wrote to Hemingway to express his admiration for Hemingway’s writing technique in “The Butterfly and the Tank.” The letter led to Hemingway and Steinbeck’s now-famous singular meeting in 1944 at Tim Costello’s restaurant in New York, arranged by mutual friends at Hemingway’s request. Steinbeck married three times. He and his first wife Carol Janella Henning Brown married in January 1930 in Los Angeles and were divorced in 1942. Carole traveled with John when he wrote the Grapes of Wrath, In Dubious Battle, and Tortilla Flat, assisting and supporting him in the writing process. Very good in a very good dust jacket. From the library of John Steinbeck. Housed in a custom half morocco and folding chemise slipcase. An exceptional association copy.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 145913