Positano.
"Positano bites deep. It is a dream place that isn't quite real when you are there and becomes beckoningly real after you have gone": John Steinbeck's Positano; from the library of John and Elaine Steinbeck
Positano.
STEINBECK, John.
Item Number: 114460
Salerno: Ente Provinciale Per Il Turismo, 1959.
Early printing of the first separate edition of Steinbeck’s Positano, which first appeared in in the May 1953 issue of Harper’s Bazaar. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by Truman Dodson to John and Elaine Steinbeck on the front free endpaper, “to John & Elaine just sending something home to roost to jog your memory – Bless you both and the best of everything – T.” From the library of John and Elaine Steinbeck. In fine condition. Housed in a custom presentation dust jacket. Rare and desirable.
One of the first female stage managers on Broadway, American actress Mary Elaine Steinbeck studied drama at the University of Texas, Austin where she met her first husband, Zachary Scott. The couple divorced in 1950, and within a week of their divorce, Elaine married John Steinbeck on December 28, 1950. A powerful force in John's life, Elaine accompanied him on his many international trips and the couple remained married until John's death in December 1968.
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