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Published by Limited Editions Club, 1940
Seller: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Trade Paperback. First Edition. 30 pages. Also includes: Did Shakespeare translate The Decameron by Carter Meredith and Mr. Grahame; Mr. Roosevelt, and I by A. A. Milne. Typed letter signed by George Macy, on The Limited Editions Club letterhead, dated April 23, 1940, addressed to Mr. William A. P. White. Letter informs White of the booklet publication and offers him subscriptions to The Wind in the Willows, The Decameron and The grapes of Wrath, with details re each book. About 275 words. A near fine copy in orange wrappers of booklet. With subscription form. William A. P. White (1911-1968) may be better known by his pseudonym Anthony Boucher.
Published by Triumph Over Tragedy Steering Committee, Louisiana, 2009
Seller: Carpe Diem Fine Books, ABAA, Monterey, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Original cloth. First Edition, Limited to 50 copies. SIGNED by the author. Designed and handmade by Adrienne Hooker, Assistant Professor of Art, Louisiana Tech University and several of her students. The selected visuals for this graphic novel were done by students of various schools in Louisiana. A fine copy. This graphic novel was created under a National Endowment for the Arts BIG READ Grant 2009. 8th graders from 21 Louisiana parishes created graphic novels based on John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath." The program "From Tragedy to Triumph, The Great Depression and New Deal in North Louisiana" was designed to encourage students to ".honor those who lived through this transformative period and to demonstrate how the landscape of our country was quite literally changed by the recovery efforts, both public and private.".
Published by Viking Press, NY, 1993
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Collectible Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Markus Lüpertz (illustrator). 1st. Wien Zsolnay Edition, 5 volumes in box (HEAVY); in German, a limited edition issue. #89 of 500 sets signed and numbered (In East of Eden volume) by Markus Lüpertz.Lüpertz designed the dust covers and endpapers. wooden box well preserved, with a few nicks. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED By Artist.
Published by Praha: Sfinx, Bohumil Janda 1946, 1946
First Edition Signed
A signed copy of the Czech translation of "The Grapes of Wrath"; the signature is on the half-title (see a photo). The second edition (the first, censored edition was published in 1941). John Steinbeck visited Czechoslovakia in 1946. /// Paperback.573 pp., 8° (13.5 x 21 cm), deckle edges, cover worn, yellowed and slightly chipped, front cover almost detached, spine cracked (almost split into two halves), edges and several pages yellowed, rare pencil marking, condition: good Book Language/s: Czech.
Published by The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1940
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Two volume set in slipcase. 26.5 x 19 cm. 559pp. Bound by Russell-Rutter Company in rawhide leather spine with "grass cloth" covers. Illustrated with lithographs by Thomas Hart Benton. Limited to 1146 sets of which is is set # 1058 signed by Benton in volume 2. Illustrated endpapers. Laid in is a page "About the Binding of this book". The rawhide portion of the spine is partially discolored to white. Slipcase with a bit of edgewear. Very Good in Very Good slipcase.
Published by London World Books 1940, 1940
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Signed
Photoplay edition issued to coincide with the British release of the classic John Ford directed film starring Henry Fonda. Signed by actor Darryl Hickman on the title page with his full name and that of the character he plays in the film ÒWinfield Joad.Ó Additionally, accompanying the book are two 8Ó by 11Ó black & white photographs from the film, each signed by Hickman. One shows the entire Joad family and the other is a close-up photograph of Henry Fonda and Hickman in their roles. Bookplate. The book is near fine in a very good dust jacket with some small tears and tiny chipping. The front panel of the dust jacket is a horseshoe-shaped collage of photographs of Fonda and the cast of the film. Scarce.
Published by Limited Editions Club, 1940
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First Edition. THE GRAPES OF WRATH, Limited Editions Club, 1940, first edition thus, 2 volumes, multi hued rawhide spines, very fine in near fine publishers cardboard slipcase with some wear to the head of the box above the spine of the book. Laid in is a single sheet from the publisher entitled "About the Binding of this Book." 1/1,146 copies, SIGNED by the illustrator, Thomas Hart Benton.
Brief (1 S. gr. 4° mit gedrucktem Namen und Anschrift am Kopf, gefaltet) mit Ort, Datum, eigenhändiger Unterschrift in Tinte signiert New York, 16.XII.1952 In dem Schreiben an den Musikproduzenten Mort Lewis (1926-2016, vor allem als Manager von Simon & Garfunkel bekannt), entschuldigt sich Steinbeck für sein Nichterscheinen zu einem Treffen am 8. Dezember ?As a matter of fact, I am not very good at going to any meetings. I seem to shy away from them, but in this particular case I couldn?t have gone, even if I did not shy away from them.? Normal 0 21 false false false DE X-NONE X-NONE.
Published by Moscow: State publishing fiction, 1957
Seller: Book Alley, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Signed. SIGNED COPY; 1st edition (1957); signed by John Steinbeck on the ffep; inscription reads, "To [.] my friend" 10/28/63; text is in Russian; GOOD conditon; boards have rubbing to extremes, slight staining to panels; binding is cracked at front hinge, but still holding; pages are discolored from age; no internal markings. Very scarce signed edition; printing of 1st edition was 225,000 copies. Pasadena's finest new and used bookstore.
Published by Sfinx, Prague, 1946
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Second Czech Edition. Dustwrapper designed by Jaroslav váb. Uncommon edition of this winner of the Pulitzer Prize. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Steinbeck on the last page of text located at the foot of the translator's notes in which the translator, Vladimír Procházka, includes an excerpt from a positive review of the translation: ".in reading this translation we forget that it's a translation. How many translations can we say that about?" The inscription is under Procházka's printed name and is to him: "For Vladimir Prochazka/Thank you/John Steinbeck." Procházka, a lawyer and communist, was forced to withdraw from his political activities during the Nazi occupation and translated THE GRAPES OF WRATH, along with works by James Joyce and Bernard Shaw. In 1946, he was elected to parliament as a communist and helped draft the new Czechoslovak constitution. Steinbeck most likely inscribed this on one of his two trips to communist Czechoslovakia, or possibly in the U. S. when Procházka was serving as the Czechoslovak ambassador to the United States. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Presentation copy inscribed by Steinbeck to playwright Moss Hart on the half-title page. Good in a Good jacket, unclipped (95 cents), generally rubbed and with multiple creases and tears. Red buckram, stained at the spine and boards, generally soiled. Square, bound with some reading wear and a worn dark top stain, clean internally. This copy bears a great inscription from Steinbeck to another of the 20th century's great authors: "For Moss Hart/This book is touchingly/inscribed--/with pleasure and gratitude/for Lennie knows what./John Steinbeck." Though Steinbeck and Hart never collaborated, Steinbeck co-wrote the stage adaptation of Of Mice and Men with Hart's neighbor and long-time collaborator, George Kaufman.
Published by The Viking Press, N.Y., 1939
Seller: Booksdoc, Russell, ON, Canada
Book Signed
Pictorial Beige Cloth HC. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Seventh Printing June 1939 Stated. cover board and spine soiling and shelving worn; slight spine lean; x-lib; red music sheet end papers featuring Battle Hymn of the Republic; first published in April 1939; from the private collection of the seller; please contact for pictures; cannot authenticate signature. Signed by Author(s).
Reprint edition. A very good copy in dust jacket; in a custom cloth clamshell box. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author to William Faulkner's sister-in-law, "For Mrs. John Faulkner, John Steinbeck." All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Published by The Sun Dial Press (1941), Garden City, NY, 1941
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Reprint. Attractive reprint in essentially the same format, though slightly smaller, of this winner of the Pulitzer Prize. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Steinbeck on the front endpaper to famed Mexican director and actor Emilio Fernández: "For Emilio (Kikapoo) [sic] Fernandez/in hope that/we will have more grapes/than wrath/John Steinbeck." A superb and rare inscription incorporating the title of the book and a fine association copy. Fernández, whose father was a revolutionary general and whose mother was a member of the Kickapoo people, directed the 1947 film of Steinbeck's THE PEARL and co-wrote the screenplay for it with Steinbeck, one of 129 films Fernández either directed or in which he appeared as an actor. Fernández is also rumored to be the model for the Oscar statuette, legend suggesting that MGM art director Cedric Gibbons, one of the original Motion Picture Academy members tasked with creating the Academy Award trophy, was introduced to Fernández by actress Dolores del Río and persuaded him to pose nude. Near Fine in a toned, Very Good or better dustwrapper with light chipping at the spine tips.
hardcover. Condition: near fine. fifth. Fifth edition, published one month after the first edition, as stated on copyright page May 1939. One of ten leatherbound presentation copies, signed by Steinbeck on a laid-in slip inscribed to Elyse. Book near fine. Housed in a custom-made fold-out case.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Illustrated Edition. Inscribed illustrated edition. Inscribed by John Steinbeck on the title page to Mr. and Mrs. O'Quinn. Thomas Hart Benton (illustrator). 559 pgs, 7 7/8" wide x 10 1/4" tall. Illustrated endpapers. Dark tan cloth with silver lettering . All external page edges have been tinted a light yellow by the publisher. The book spine is slightly sunned. Comes in publisher's slipcase, edges worn and top edge on one side split. The book itself is internally unmarked, clean, tightly bound and in fine condition. All housed in a custom-made slipcase. The story of The O'Quinns: In 1955, John Steinbeck came to Austin, Texas, to visit his nephew, Jon Atkinson. Jon was highschool friends with Kerry O'Quinn. During Steinbeck's visit, Kerry went to Jon's house and took his parent's Heritage Club copy of The Grapes of Wrath which Steinbeck signed with the wonderful inscription: "For Mr. & Mrs. Quinn, from John Steinbeck who isn't angry at anybody". FYI: When Jon and Kerry graduated highschool in 1956, their parents gave them a two week trip to New York City. John and Elaine Steinbeck were away at Sag Harbor for the summer but offered them the use of his 5-story townhouse on East 72nd Street, complete with housekeeper and cook. Elaine helped them to get orchestra seats for all the big Broadway musicals including My Fair Lady which was sold out.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. Inscribed by John Steinbeck on the title page. A second printing before publication. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Book has slightly tanned spine and a small (less than an inch) tear in the spine cloth near the front panel. Jacket has reviews on the front flap and is from a later printing. Bottom corner of the front flap is clipped, where it would have said what printing it is. We will provide a certificate of authenticity. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
Published by New York: The Viking Press, 1939, 1939
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
First edition, first impression, presentation copy inscribed by the author "For Vincent Sheean, John Steinbeck" and additionally inscribed by the recipient, "Although it is signed to me, Mr Steinbeck intended this book to go for the Spanish intellectuals in exile - Vincent Sheean". Vincent Sheean (1899-1975), the American journalist and writer, published Personal History in 1935. A film adaptation, entitled Foreign Correspondent and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, was released in 1940. Working as a reporter for the New York Herald Tribune he covered the Spanish Civil War, hence his note about "Spanish intellectuals in exile". Sheean had been in Spain with Ernest Hemingway in 1938 and was responsible for the only known meeting between Steinbeck and Hemingway. Writing in John Steinbeck and his Contemporaries, Valerie Hemingway notes that Steinbeck had been "a thorn in Hemingway's side". Nevertheless, Hemingway expressed an interest in meeting Steinbeck in 1944 and, accordingly, Sheean invited Steinbeck and Hemingway to dine with him at Tim Costello's Irish pub on Third Avenue, New York. John O'Hara, the short story writer, was also present and had with him an antique walking cane which he had received as a gift from Steinbeck. Hemingway in a drunken and boarish manner bet O'Hara 50 dollars that he could break the cane over his head. The bet was accepted and O'Hara lost both his cane and the money. Steinbeck was disgusted and rather bemused at Hemingway's gratuitous cruelty. Hemingway promised to replace the cane, but never did. Steinbeck would later send O'Hara a replacement. The fine jacket design is by the children's book author and illustrator Elmer Hader (1889-1973), joint recipient, alongside his wife Berta, of the 1948 Caldecott medal. Steinbeck was so taken with the illustrations in their book Billy Butter (1936) that he specially requested Elmer design the cover for The Grapes of Wrath. Elmer later designed the jackets of Steinbeck's East of Eden (1952) and The Winter of Our Discontent (1961). Goldstone & Payne A12. Stephen K. George & Barbara A. Heavilin, John Steinbeck and his Contemporaries, 2007. Octavo. Original buff cloth, lettering to spine in brown, pictorial design to spine and covers in brown, endpapers decorated with the sheet music for "Battle Hymn of the Republic", top edge yellow. With supplied dust jacket. Housed in custom blue cloth solander box. book label to rear pastedown. Extremities worn, spine toned, minor split to front joint, repair to inner front hinge, edges of pp. 91-92 worn, lacking corners of pp. 181-82, and pp. 231-32, occasional short tears; a clean and good copy. Dust jacket lightly soiled with extremities worn and browning to edges; a good copy of an unclipped jacket.