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The Pastures of Heaven.
by STEINBECK, John
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- Hardcover
- first
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam,, 1932. It's almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing First edition, first printing, of the author's first collection of short stories, in an excellent example of the first issue dust jacket. The work is "the most popular of Steinbeck's three early books. It points the way to most of his subsequent writing" (Moore, p. 18). Steinbeck conceived The Pastures of Heaven as a loosely connected sequence of stories, "each one complete in itself, having its rise, climax, and ending" (quoted in Lisca, p. 57). Octavo. Original green cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, top edge black, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. With dust jacket, designed by Lynd Ward. Housed in a custom blue quarter morocco slipcase and chemise. Bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown. Spine a little faded; slight rubbing and a few tiny spots of silverfishing to unclipped jacket, extremities lightly chipped with short closed tear to front flap fold, overall bright: a near-fine copy in near-fine jacket. Goldstone & Payne A2a. Peter Lisca, The Wide World of John Steinbeck, 1958; Harry Thornton Moore, The Novels of John Steinbeck, 1939.
Synopsis
The Pastures of Heaven is a novel by John Steinbeck, first published in 1932, consisting of twelve interconnected stories about a valley in Monterey, California, which was discovered by a Spanish corporal while chasing runaway Indian slaves. Enchanted by the valley's natural beauty, the corporal names it Las Pasturas del Cielo or "The Pastures of Heaven.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 165511
- Title
- The Pastures of Heaven.
- Author
- STEINBECK, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam,
- Date Published
- 1932
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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