John Steinbeck, Signed (205 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Fletcher Martin (illustrator). Limited Edition. Signed by illustrator Fletcher Martin on the limitation page. Limited edition. Hardbound, no dust jacket, within slipcase. Interior very good. Leather spine shows age darkening, cracking & peeling, otherwise good. Interior clean and binding sound. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Limited edition number 166 of 1000 copies. Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering,116 pages, indexed. There is a typed letter signed from Orval Bronson to David Heyler laid-in. David Heyler was a very close friend to and collector of Steinbeck's works. He was also married to Joan (Toni) who was the daughter of John Steinbeck's sister, Mary. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Signed by Author(s).

Trade Paperback. First Edition Thus. Offprint from Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Volume 86, No. 5, October, 1970, pp. 1087-1095. Levant was a Steinbeck scholar. Henry Nash Smith (1906-1986) was scholar of American culture and literature, co-founder of the academic discipline 'American studies,' and noted Twain expert. Inscribed by the author on cover wrapper: 'For Henry Nash Smith, in friendship, and with many thanks - Howard Levant, November 25, 1970.' First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Nice association copy.

Pictorial Wraps. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. Burnett, Nancy (illustrator). 1st Edition. First Edition. Photographs by Nancy Burnett. Heavily illustrated in color and black & white. 209 pages, indexed. Inscribed on the title page: "For David & Toni, May I have captured some of his spirit. Warmly, Susan Shillinglaw". David and Toni Heyler were very close friends to John & Elaine Steinbeck.The book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books will be carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Signed by Author(s).

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Como Nuevo. Dust Jacket Condition: Como Nuevo. Narrativa (illustrator). Col. Gran Angular, Club,10. Sello del anterior propietario.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Signed. First Edition. Some toning to the edges of the cover, else near fine - this copy has been INSCRIBED by editor Robert DeMott. Green Apple Books and Music, Publisher Weekly's Bookstore of the Year 2014, has been San Francisco's favorite independent bookseller since 1967! Shipping costs on oversize / international orders will reflect actual shipping charges and may be more than quoted by ABE. We will need to contact you with true shipping costs and ask for authorization before adjusting cost.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. Artemis (illustrator). 1st Edition. Number 90 of 1000 copies signed by Robert Bennett. Tipped in frontispiece by Artemis depicting a chained Prometheus. The glue holding the tipped in page is lightly discolored. Forward by Lawrence Clark Powell. Approximately 15 unnumbered pages. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Signed by Author(s).

Tokyo, Shimin Shobo, 1984, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. A Japanese translation of Sweet Thursday, translated by Hiromu Shimizu, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, and Kiyoshio Nakayama, one of 1,500 copies, the Goldstone & Payne bibliography doesn't list any Japanese translations of this title, this copy briefly inscribed by Nakayama and also signed by Kobayashi, with the scarce wrap-around band. Fine, unread.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG hardcover in VG jacket. 1988. SIGNED/Inscribed by AUTHOR on title page. Pages all clean/unmarked. Jacket protected in mylar. Clean/solid with lightest wear. SCARCE signed copy. 116 pp. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Printing. Signed on the front free endpaper: "Steinbeck Festival, 1983 Jackson J. Benson". Large book, 1116 pages, indexed. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Due to weight, International shipping will be at cost. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed. First Edition. SIGNED by both editors. Minimal wear. Pages are clean.

Mit handschriftlicher Widmung von Henning Ahrens, beiliegend handschriftliche Postkarte von Henning Ahrens. [Widmungsexemplar / Autograph / signiert] 365 Seiten, 8°. Schönes und wohlerhaltenes Exemplar. [BHN-A-11] Original-Leinwand, Original-Schuber,

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Fletcher Martin (illustrator). 1st Edition. A fine copy in a very good matching slipcase. This is copy #130 of #1500 produced by The Limited Editions Club and famously illustrated by the well known illustrator Fletcher Martin, who also illustrated "Mutiny on /the Bounty", "Tales of The Gold Rush", & "The Sea Wolf". This copy is still partly covered in the original onion skin--unread--in fine condition. The slipcase has toning to the panels but still sturdy and not cracked. Fletcher Martin has signed this copy and numbered it #130 at the back signature page. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Printing. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "1-20-84 For Joan Heyler, best wishes to favorite niece of John's - Jackson J. Benson ". David Heyler was a collector and friend of John Steinbeck and was married to Joan, Mary Steinbeck's (favorite sister of John Steinbeck) daughter. Large book, 1116 pages, indexed. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Due to weight, International shipping will be at cost. Inscribed by Author(s).

NY, Covici Friede, 1937, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A catalogue of its fall 1937 books which lists the signed/limited edition of John Steinbeck's The Red Pony, 9-10, then available for $10, as well as the play version of his Of Mice and Men, 25, then available for $2, it also offers works by Frank Waters, Ben Hecht, E. E. Cummings, and others, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne, or Morrow. A few extraneous pencil marks and some pencil notes, else nearly fine.

Normandie House: Chicago 1939. Map, 8.5 x 5.5", cloth, 102pp, corners bumped, spine darkened, in shattered dw. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY MOORE.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition stated with full number line. 536 pages, indexed and illustrated. Inscribed by Jay Parini on the front flyleaf: "To Joan and David Heyler - on behalf of Elaine, with warmest greetings Jay Parini March 7, 1995". Also included is a handwritten note from Elaine Steinbeck: (Joan David Heyler) Put it in your collection, dear ones - All Love, Elaine" This was David Heyler's copy who was a close friend of John & Elaine Steinbeck and an avid collector of his work. He was married to Toni Heyler ( aka Joan) who was Mary Steinbeck's (John Steinbeck's sister) daughter. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited edition, #221 of 250, signed by Karin Wikstrom (illustrator) and Wallace Stegner (afterword). Binding is fine, with clean pages. Color illustrations are laid-in. Cover in fine condition, with spine title pastedown. Slipcase has only minor wear, but mild discoloration from sun. No dustjacket at issue. ; California Writers of the Land; Signed by Illustrator.

Printed Wraps. Condition: Very Good/Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. Uncorrected Proof Copy. First Printing. Edited by Elaine A. Steinbeck and Robert Wallsten. Inscribed on the colophon page "For David Heyler With Love from the Editor! Elaine Steinbeck 1975". David Heyler was a collector and friend of John Steinbeck and was married to Joan, Mary Steinbeck's (Sister of John Steinbeck) daughter. Large book, 860 pages. This was a working unrevised proof copy with occaisional check marks, soiled page block edges with folds to the page corners. Scarce, especially inscribed with a wonderful association by Elaine Steinbeck. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. SMALL CHIP TO THE UNCLIPPED DJ, FLAT SIGNED BY PEGGY WORTHINGTON. Signed by Illustrator(s).

STEINBECK, John. The Short Reign of Pippin IV. London: William Heinemann 1957. Inscribed by the author: "For ---- ------/ in memory/ John Steinbeck" First issue blue boards, in first issue jacket. Small 1 cm square bookseller's label on front end-paper, otherwise a Fine copy in Near Fine dj, with slightly tanned spine and 2cm tear in top edge of rear panel. Note: Not all sheets were bound up in 1957, some being bound up five, or so years later in red cloth with a new jacket, showing Travels with Charley, published 1962, in the list of author's works included on the inner rear fold. John Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962.

Signed, Limited First Edition. Hardcover octavo, issued in glassine wrapper (not present). Comes in publisher's slipcase. Book is in Very Good condition, slipcase is in Good condition. Green cloth boards with gilt-stamped text to front and spine. Spine text has a brown background enclosed by a gilt rule. All edges stained terracotta and trimmed. Previous owner's information and price on ffep. Meets all points of issue in Goldstone A32a. Book comes wrapped in a protective mylar cover. Slipcase is red-brown paperboard. A portion of the front and back panels have faded to a tan tone. Large chip on bottom edge of slipcase has detached. Closed tears to top and bottom edges allow slipcase to open like a clamshell, but otherwise fully intact and unnoticeable when closed. Unless otherwise noted, any variations in color to images are due to photography shadows, not discoloration of item. [Modern Firsts].

John Steinbeck (1952) 'East of Eden', US signed limited edition. One of 1,500 copies of which 750 went for private distribution. Signed by the author on the limitation page. House in the original paper slipcase and the glassine dust jacket. Condition: a fine and lovely copy. Green cloth binding without any bumps. The title plate on the spine without any rubbing nor fading as often seen. Visibly unread. The original cardboard slipcase is present with usual shelf wear and some offsetting to the sides. The glassine dust jacket has chips to the edges. Most importantly the book is in absolutely fine condition. 'East of Eden' is together with 'The Grapes of Wrath' and 'Of Mice and Men' Steinbeck's best loved novel and which contributed the most to his 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature. The second half of the novel was famously adapted as a 1955 Hollywood blockbuster film starring James Dean directed by Elia Kazan. Steinbeck himself treated his work preceeding East of Eden as an apprenticeship and preparation for this magnum opus where he put his heart and soul. The book is dedicated to the author's two sons Thom and John Jr and it was Steinbeck's intention to describe the Salinas Valley accurately to them. First and Fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Original Lobby Card for 1949 Film The Red Pony.Signed by Steinbeck.Beautiful Copy Framed. Extra Postage Required. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by John Steinbeck on the front free endpaper. A beautiful copy. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is vibrant in color with NO chips or tears. The book is bound in the publisher's cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy SIGNED by the author. We buy SIGNED Steinbeck First Editions. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. One of 1500 copies signed bu John Steinbeck, in original publisher's slipcase. Book is fine, but there is offsetting from the tape that apparently was used to keep the original plastic in place. The offsetting is on the endpapers and the pastedowns on both sides. Else a very nice copy in a slightly worn slipcase. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is an excellent copy from the personal library of the author's brother (Thomas). The label is signed by Thomas Steinbeck. Dust jacket is unclipped. Error "BITE" on page #281 (line #38) authenticates this is a First Printing of the First edition. Signed by Author(s).

Inscribed by John Steinbeck on title page: "For Bridgit / from - / John Steinbeck" in blue ink. Signature verification authentication by William Tell Research included. Travels with Charley: In Search of America is a 1962 travelogue written by American author John Steinbeck. It depicts a 1960 road trip around the United States made by Steinbeck, in the company of his standard poodle Charley. Steinbeck wrote that he was moved by a desire to see his country because he made his living writing about it. He wrote of having many questions going into his journey, the main one being "What are Americans like today?" However, he found that he had concerns about much of the "new America" he saw.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. a first edition copy of john Steinbeck's The Wayward Bus in clothbound hardcover with a dust jacket. the dust jacket has some significant wear around the bottom edge and corners as well as at the top of the spine. the front inside cover has an inscription from the author in Spanish as well as a signature. the pages of the book are clean white and mainly unfoxed. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Thomas Hart Benton (illustrator). Signed by the illustrator, Thomas Hart Benton, on the half-title page. Below his signature, the book is inscribed to Benton's nephew, "A Merry Xmas to Roger - from us all" and signed by "Rita" (T.H. Benton's wife) and dated 1940. Good condition only. No slipcase. Binding is shaken and cocked, though no visible cracks or splits to hinges. Some areas of mild discoloration to brown cloth boards, and a bit of soiling to page fore-edges. Contents, including Benton's illustrations are clean and in nice shape. 559 pages. Provenance: Purchased directly from the Houston, Texas estate of Roger Small, the son of Thomas Hart Benton's sister, Mildred Benton Small. Signed by Illustrator(s).