Search Results: Selected Works by John Steinbeck

New York: Rinehart & Company, 1953. Paperback. Good. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. spine creasing, edge wear; Rinehart Editions #53; works and excerpts from Modern American Literature with selections from authors including F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck, William Faulkner, Ezra Pound, Carl Sandburg, T. S. Eliot, Robert Frost, E. E. Cummings, and many, many more.

New York, NY: Penguin Books, 2003. Trade paperback. Very good. East of Eden, John Steinbeck Centennial Edition 1902-2002 Steinbeck, John...PUBLISHED BY PENGUIN BOOKS-COPYRIGHT 2002-SOFTCOVER CONDITION VERY GOOD-601 PAGES BOOK SIZE 5 5/8 X 8 3/8 A masterpiece of Biblical scope, and the magnum opus of one... Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 608 p. Oprah's Classics Book Club Selections. Audience: General/trade. East of Eden, John Steinbeck Centennial Edition 1902-2002 Steinbeck, John...PUBLISHED BY PENGUIN BOOKS-COPYRIGHT 2002-SOFTCOVER CONDITION VERY GOOD-601 PAGES BOOK SIZE 5 5/8 X 8 3/8 A masterpiece of Biblical scope, and the magnum opus of one of America s most enduring authors, in a deluxe Centennial edition In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden "the first book, " and indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. Set in the rich farmland of California's Salinas Valley, this sprawling and often brutal novel follows the intertwined… Read More

History Compass, 1970. Softcover. Like New. 5x0x8. The Great Depression brought devastation to America's economy and its people. Excerpts from interviews, magazine and news articles, letters, and historic photographs give a vivid picture of the suffering brought on by the economy's massive breakdown. Selections from Maya Angelou and John Steinbeck's works are also included.

New York, NY: Penguin Books, 2003. Trade paperback. Very good. East of Eden, John Steinbeck Centennial Edition (SOFTCOVER CONDITION VERY GOOD-2002 COPYRIGHT CENTENNIAL Anniversary EDITION)-PUBLISHED BY PENGUIN BOOKS by John Steinbeck A masterpiece of Biblical scope, and the magnum opus of one of America... Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Oprah's Classics Book Club Selections. Audience: General/trade. East of Eden, John Steinbeck Centennial Edition (SOFTCOVER CONDITION VERY GOOD-2002 COPYRIGHT CENTENNIAL Anniversary EDITION)-PUBLISHED BY PENGUIN BOOKS by John Steinbeck A masterpiece of Biblical scope, and the magnum opus of one of America s most enduring authors, in a deluxe Centennial edition In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden "the first book, " and indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. Set in the rich farmland of California's Salinas Valley, this sprawling and often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two… Read More

New York: Viking Adult, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/About Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus Edition, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo. Fine book in About Fine unclipped DJ w/light wrinkle at horizontal edges, now in clear protective cover. xviii, 429pp inc. Works Cited, Selected Bibliography of Steinbeck's Nonfiction, Index.

New York: Pocket Books, 1943. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Fair To Good. Vintage paperback, Pocket Books 243; selections from Steinbeck's pre-WWII work, including the complete novel "Of Mice And Men;" pictorial wrappers and text show considerable wear, creasing, age-tanning, small tear bottom of spine; still whole and tight; a decent reading copy.

New York: Pocket Books, 1945. First Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Vintage Paperback: Pocket Books 243. A selection of Steinbeck's best work prior to 1940, chosen by his editor and friend, Pascal Covici. Included are excerpts from "Grapes of Wrath," "The Moon Is Down," "Tortilla Flat, and "Bombs Away," as well as the complete novel, "Of Mice and Men." Third Printing of the First Pocket Books Edition. 312 pages in pictorial wrappers showing minor wear at spine ends and edges, some light surface creasing, but no significant flaws. Text shows a black mark on fore edge that may be faded remainder mark, previous owner's last name on fep and again on title page, o/w text is clean and unmarked, tight and square. Very decent reading copy.

NY, Alexis Gregory, (c. 1971),, 1971. Hardcover. NY, Alexis Gregory, (c. 1971),, 1971. Hardcover. small quarto, hardcover. Published under the sponsorship of the Nobel Foundation and The Swedish Academy. Selections , Presentation Addresses, Acceptance speeches, summaries of the authors life and work. Very Good condition, without a dust jacket, if issued. 100304A

Santa Monica: Smart Art Press, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. New. New copy. First Edition. 88 pages, Softcover, 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 1997. ISBN #1889195154. "When what to my wondering eyes should appear?" Well, old St. Nick of course. This seminal West Coast exhibit of art, posters, photographs, books, literature, and ephemera from the collection of George Meredith are illustrated and discussed in this historical overview that celebrates both the season and the cultural context of Christmas. Great selections of rare works by authors like Charles Dickens, Robert Frost, John Berryman, Rockwell Kent, L. Frank Baum, William Joyce, Paul Auster, Katherine Anne Porter, Ernest Hemingway, T.S. Eliot, Edmund Wilson, Kenneth Patchen, Christopher Morley, John Steinbeck, William Saroyan, Truman Capote, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Richard Wilbur, Edgar Allan Poe, Fynes Moryson, and Thomas Mann. Rare vintage illustrations by W.W. Denslow, Edward Penfield, Thomas Nast, William Bradley, Louis Rhead,… Read More

NY: Alexis Gregory and CRM Publishing, 1971. Book. Near Fine. Imitation Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 375pp, One volume in the series from Nobel Prize Library, contains a short biography and the Nobel acceptance speech of each author and several selections from the work of each (Failkner: A Rose for Emily, As I Lay Dying; O'Neill: The Emperor Jones Homecoming; Steinbeck: In Dubious Battle). No marks or tears. A very nice copy..

New York:: The Viking Press,, (1993). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder line). First printing. Collects over 80 articles, reviews, interviews, and miscellaneous pieces by the author best known for his novels set in Albany, New York."These pieces have been culled from nearly 40 years of this work, ranging from a 1954 tongue-in-cheek obit of Langford, a 'Widely Known Albany Cat,' to a 1992 tribute to childhood idol Damon Runyon. . . the literary reviews and interviews reveal the author's heroes and mentors (Ernest Hemingway, Saul Bellow, John Steinbeck, Robert Penn Warren, John O'Hara, and E.L. Doctorow), as well as his fascination with Latin American writers (an interview with Gabriel Garca Marquez became the first biographical report on the writer in both the US and Britain). Appreciations of Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, and jazz pianist Joey Bolden are warm and charming." Illustrated with photographs. xv, 494 pp.

Belvedere CA: Swans Island Books / Madeleine Corson Design, 1997. Paperback. 110p., fine-arts presswork and materials, softbound in 12x9 inch frenchfold wraps, a lovingly produced item complete in itself (apart from volume one which we cannot provide). Commpilers paid close attention to the selection of paintings that accompany the texts and photos, excellent stuff about which we are not knowledgeable. Great copy, sound, clean and unmarked. Contributors to this volume include John Steinbeck (excerpt from Tortilla Flat on the gradual consumption of a bottle of beer) and Hoover Institution Archives (flour). David Mas Masumoto offers thoughts on farming.

Orlando, FL: University of Central Florida, 2017. Paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. Minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read and inspired by John Steinbeck’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath (1939), In the Eyes of the Hungry: Florida’s Changing Landscape explores Florida’s demographic, geographic and ecological shifts over the last century. Working in photography, painting, printmaking, installation and textiles, the selected artists, including Cesar Cornejo, Mark Messersmith, Lilian Garcia-Roig, Noelle Mason, Peter Schreyer, Dorothea Lange, Gordon Parks, Emil Holzhauer, William Jenkins, Doris Leeper, J. André Smith, and the Lake Apopka farmworkers, provide immediate yet transcendental responses to Florida’s changing landscape and explore ideas ranging from agriculture and industrialization to migration and tourism to ecology and… Read More

New York: Knopf, 1980 First printing of this revised 1980 edition of the original 1943 work which includes Nobel Prize acceptance speech, biographical notes and introduction, complete The Red Pony and Of Mice and Men as well as short stories and selected excerpts. Very nice condition, as new save slight browning of pages, a few splashes on upper page edge, a few stray pen marks on dust jacket and a one half inch tear to dj at rear tail of spine. Solid tight binding. No writing marks stickers or other concerns. Boards and gilt are still fresh.

New York:: The Viking Press,, (1993). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Collects over 80 articles, reviews, interviews, and miscellaneous pieces by the author best known for his novels set in Albany, New York."These pieces have been culled from nearly 40 years of this work, ranging from a 1954 tongue-in-cheek obit of Langford, a 'Widely Known Albany Cat,' to a 1992 tribute to childhood idol Damon Runyon. . . the literary reviews and interviews reveal the author's heroes and mentors (Ernest Hemingway, Saul Bellow, John Steinbeck, Robert Penn Warren, John O'Hara, and E.L. Doctorow), as well as his fascination with Latin American writers (an interview with Gabriel Garca Marquez became the first biographical report on the writer in both the US and Britain). Appreciations of Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, and jazz pianist Joey Bolden are warm and charming." Illustrated with photographs. xv, 494 pp.

Bloomington: Lilly Library / Indiana Univ., 1984. First edition. Illustrated paper wrappers. A fine copy. As new.. 46 pp. Illus. with 29 b/w photos and facsimiles. 4to. Includes work of Eugene O'Neill, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe, John Steinbeck, Tennessee Williams, W. Somerset Maugham, August Derleth, Saul Bellow, Norman Mailer, Truman Capote, John Updike, Jerzy Kosinski, Philip Roth.

Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, auction catalogue for the sale held on 15th February 2009. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,. 58 pp, plates, ills. Lots 1000-1199. From the introduction: "we can offer several California-related highlights, including the map which popularized the misconception of California as an island and a fine selection of photography of the west. We're offering a diverse collection of 19th century photography in this sale, from vintage travel photographs of Hawaii and the Philippines, to albums of the United States Military Academy at West Point from the 1860s and 1870s, to vintage prints of the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, to early images of California mountain ranges. One spectacular highlight is a mammoth albumen print photograph by Eadweard Muybridge, "Cloud's Rest. Valley of the Yosemite. No.40," a rare and desirable image of one of the most spectacular views in Yosemite taken in 1872. We are also offering over… Read More

U.S.A.: Penguin Books Ltd, 1992. Paperback One of John Steinbecks Great Works Cannery Row, John Steinbeck, Susan Shillinglaw, John Steinbeck's paean to the Monterey County of his youth, Cannery Row contains an introduction by Susan Shillinglaw in Penguin Modern Classics. In the din and stink that is Cannery Row a colourful blend of misfits - gamblers, whores, drunks, bums and artists - survive side by side in a jumble of adventure and mischief. Lee Chong, the astute owner of the well-stocked grocery store, is also the proprietor of the Palace Flophouse We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback.

New York: Viking, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over ivory boards, archival mylar-protected photo-&-pictorial dust jacket (unclipped), xviii + 429 pages + [1] Credits. SUPERIOR COPY: clean, tight, bright with clean, bright sharp dust jacket. John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. (1902-1968) was an American author who won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception." He has been called "a giant of American letters," and many of his works are considered classics of Western literature. During his writing career, Steinbeck authored 27 books, including 16 novels, six non-fiction books, and two collections of short stories.

Heritage Auction Galleries, Dallas, auction catalogue for the sale held on 4th-5th June, 2008. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 27 cm,. 340 pp, colour ills. Lots 57001-57632. From the introduction: "Our auction boasts a highly-desirable copy of what is considered by many to be the most important book printed in America, and America's lasting and still-salient contribution to political theory and the world: a first edition of The Federalist from 1788. Commonly referred to as "The Federalist Papers," this collection of eighty-five articles supporting the ratification of the American Constitution, and authored by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay, can truly be credited with changing the world, and has a lasting effect around the globe that still endures. The copy at hand ..has the distinction of having as its original owner Roger Alden, who was an associate and colleague of the founding fathers, and was the Deputy Secretary of the Continental Congress. Also offered… Read More