John Steinbeck, Signed (225 results)

n.p., John Steinbeck, n.d. (1933), first edition. This is a carbon copy of the typescript for Steinbeck's breakthrough book, specially bound by Steinbeck himself for presentation to a close friend, Alice Cohee, in what is now a fairly crummy leather binding, this is No. 2 of only two copies (unknown by me as to whom has No. 1--Carol?) according to a label affixed to the inside front cover "This is one of a first edition of/two copies of which this is #2," the leather binding is labeled Tortilla Flat at the top of the front cover, the middle of the front cover has a leather boxed area that reads "For/John/& Alice/Cohee," the bottom of the front cover reads "John Steinbeck" in what is undoubtedly his hand, top of the rear cover reads "Phalanx," Tortilla Flat is one of several of his books utilizing Steinbeck's "Phalanx Theory" in which group man operates far differently than individual man, there is another spot on the rear cover that appears to read "The old colection (sic) of Doodads," in 1933 Steinbeck had published three books, none of them successful, and he was failing at finding a publisher for his fourth, Tortilla Flat, in the end it was Alice Cohee, a close friend, who urged Steinbeck to try one more time, this time Covici Friede took the book, launching his successful career, according to Susan Shillinglaw's Carol and John Steinbeck Portrait of a Marriage (page 126), Alice was presented with the manuscript, this is that manuscript (which in reality is a carbon copy of the typescript), according to a professional appraisal obtained by the Cohee family, "the typescript is a relatively late version of the text and includes the preface in its final form but does not include the chapters headings added after conversations with Elizabeth Otis and Pat Covici," there are a few holographic corrections in an unknown hand (possibly his wife/typist, Carol) "and few differences from the published text," according to the appraisal, interestingly, Steinbeck used one ribbon-typed page from another manuscript to type the Tortilla Flat page, that manuscript was Dissonant Symphony which was never published and which Steinbeck destroyed, according to his biographer, Jack Benson, it is very likely that this one page is the only survivor of that book that never was, Alice Cohee and her husband John were also close friends with Ed Ricketts, he corresponded with them periodically, according to Katharine A. Rodger's Renaissance Man of Cannery Row The Life and Letters of Edward F. Ricketts, according to a family appraisal, the binding was probably used by Steinbeck for other purposes before he used it to bind the typescript, the binding is a folio-sized ledger book, the typescript was drilled or stabbed twice with two wing clamps inserted through the entire typescript, combined with this specially-bound book are 15 letters from Steinbeck to the recipient, Alice Cohee, none of which were published in Steinbeck: A Life in Letters, it appears that there are no letters to Mrs. Cohee housed at the Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas or at Stanford, of the 15 letters, 13 are autographed letters, one is a typed letter signed, one is a typed letter, also included is one autographed postcard signed, they span from May 18, 1938 through March 1953, the letters are substantive and long, eight letters have between 100 and 300 words, the others are 450, 600, 650, 950, 1,400, and 1,500 words, eight of the letters are from the second half of the year 1948, a critical time in his life (death of Ed Ricketts, request for divorce from Gwyn), no use of the letters has been made by scholars, in fact few other than Cohee family members have read the letters, in the letters Steinbeck writes about his work, recent or projected travels, his living situation, state of mind, his health, repairs to the Pacific Grove house, personal matters/relationships with Gwyn, Elaine, Ed Ricketts, and Dook Sheffield, people with whom he has been working (Elia Kazan), sometimes he writes about himself as a father, in some he writes about aging, life, and death, plus social concerns (migrant labor), nuclear weapons testing, overpopulation, sometimes the letters are blunt about Alice's life and mental state, sometimes contrasting hers with his own, which shows his closeness to her, here are some excerpts, in the May 18, 1938 letter he writes, "I've been out in the fields (working).very terrible.Makes you ashamed to eat when it doesn't make you murderous," in the May 28, 1948 letter, he writes, "Ed (meaning Ed Ricketts) was the most selfish man I have ever known, but by being that he could be the kindest and most associative and open. We, and I mean you and me and nearly everyone I know of the little confused failures in the world think they are being selfless when they are simply afraid.," in the September 12, 1948 postcard, he writes, "As for the break up -- I didn't leave, I was pushed. The fog smells so good it makes me a little crazy. It is going to be my seat for some time to come," he describes his November 17, 1948 as "rough" since his discussion of her is on the pointed side, he mentions Carlton Sheffield in his December 21, 1948 letter, "He has not changed very much," he turns down her suggestion of driving to see him in the May 21, 1949 (?) letter because he is busy at work and because of demands on his time, his "no" is rather detailed, writing in part, "I'm sorry Alice but I just refuse to be deflected even for one hour," the last letter is dated May 3, 1953 is lengthy and detailed, covering nuclear weapons testing and his big Mallory project. Front cover available, but detached.

Condition: Good. First edition. A collection of unpublished letters with outstanding content and inscribed books establishing the close friendship John Steinbeck and his wife Elaine shared with theater director John Fearnley. The correspondence is lengthy, writerly, and warm, and the inscriptions humorous and joyful. The letters, largely undated, map primarily to their time in England from March through September 1959. The inscriptions were likely made in the mid-to-late 1950s - most of them post-dating their publications by years or even decades. The Books: In the first edition of East of Eden (1952) Steinbeck writes as if he simply pulled it off Fearnley's shelf: What joy to write in the copy of my book which belongs to my friend John Fearnley: I think this might be the reason I wanted to write it. John Steinbeck. In the third printing of The Red Pony (1937) Steinbeck leaves a cute poem in an inscription employing nicknames they gave each other on a trip in the 1950s: Dear Fearnley (Small Change) When you are old And cannot see, Put on your 'specs, And think of me. Your [ ] friend John (Inside Straight) Steinbeck And in the first edition of Travels with Charley (1962) - the only inscription that could be contemporaneous with publication - he wrote as if from himself and his dog Charley: "For Fido Fearnley / Bow Wow and F-F-F-T! From John and Charley Steinbeck." (Also from Fearnley's library, but unadorned by Steinbeck, are a jacketed pre-publication second printing of Cannery Row (1945), and a jacketless copy of Tortilla Flat (1935).) The Letters: Steinbeck met Elaine Anderson - then wife of actor Zachary Scott - in May 1949. They married in December 1950, after Elaine's divorce. It was Steinbeck's third and final marriage. Anderson knew Fearnley, casting director for Rodgers and Hammerstein from 1945-1955, from their shared theater production days. (Anderson's most high-profile credit we can trace is as assistant stage manager of "Oklahoma!" in the mid 1940s.) In one letter, Steinbeck writes to Fearnley, "Elaine protects you like a mother hen. .You are pretty much her property, you know." The three worked together on "Burning Bright" in October 1950, with Steinbeck as writer, Elaine as his assistant, and Fearnley as casting director, and again in 1955 when Fearnley cast Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway production of "Pipe Dream," a musical based on Steinbeck's Sweet Thursday which ran for 256 performances at the Schubert Theater. In some of these letters and inscriptions Steinbeck incorporates nicknames they devised on a New Year's trip to Trinidad and a holiday sail around the Windward and Leeward Islands during that "Pipe Dream" run: They "took Calypso names: Inside Straight (Steinbeck), Queen Radio (Elaine Steinbeck), and Small Change (Fearnley)" (Letters 519). In two of these letters Steinbeck writes at length on the many issues he had with that Rodgers and Hammerstein production, from script to direction, in the process revealing his thoughts and feelings about Sweet Thursday, of which he hopes that Fearnley might helm a new stage adaptation. Steinbeck adorns those letters, as well as the cover of the dust-jacket of The Red Pony, with his signature flying pig stamp and his handwritten phrase, "as astra per alia porci" - "to the stars on the wings of a pig," referencing the common lore that one of his early teachers had told him he'd only become a writer "when pigs fly." Elaine explained elsewhere in 1983, The Pigasus symbol came from my husband's fertile, joyful, and often wild imagination. After his signature on letters or inside his books, he would draw a fat little pig with wings, and lettered his name, "Pigasus." John would never have been so vain or presumptuous as to use the winged horse as his symbol; the little pig said that man must try to attain the heavens even though his equipment be meager. Man must aspire though he be earth-bound. At some point, he began to write "Pigasus" in Greek letters, and he added the motto, "Ad Astra Per Alia P.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Issue. With a remarkable poignant inscription written by John Steinbeck in blue ink on the half title: "'My man is in jail fo' striken': / It ain't against the law! / My boy is in jail fo' strikin' / It ain't against the Law! / We say - 'Plead Not Guilty / And rot they damned jail down'. From a speech by a woman cotton picker, Cotton Strike, Shafter, Calif. 1938 / John Steinbeck." Near fine in a near fine first issue dust jacket. Enclosed in custom clamshell box. An American literary landmark, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and the basis of the acclaimed motion picture starring Henry Fonda directed by John Ford. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. John Steinbeck (1929) 'Cup of Gold', US first edition, first printing, published by Robert M. McBride and Company. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "To my mother and father | whose patience | and understanding | deserve a much better book | than this one | John Steinbeck" Provenance: when the parents passed the book was inherited by the Mary Steinbeck Dekker family. Condition: a near fine book with virtually no wear. Ghosting to the endpapers from the custom made leather protective sleeve. Lacks the original dust jacket is it was discarded by the Steinbecks (see below). Incredible association to Steinbeck's proud parents, mother Olive Hamilton (1867- 1934) and John Ernst Steinbeck (1862 -1935). Both parents supported their son financially and emotionally in his literary endeavour throughout the 1920s and early 30s. John, the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature Awardee shows with his inscription not only his gratitude to the parents but also humility and awareness that his debut novel is below his capabilities and literary ambition. Also, it stands to reason that this is the very first copy of Steinbeck's work that was ever signed and inscribed by him. To whom would a writer inscribe his first copy upon publication, if not to the supportive parents? The first edition of Cup of Gold was published in an exceptionally low number of just 1,537 copies [Goldstone & Payne, 1974: 19]. The book was issued in a flamboyant piratical dust jacket which Steinbeck disliked. The second edition (1936) already had altered dust jacket art. Steinbeck Sr did some hobby bookbinding at hims home in Pacific Grove. Most likely the dust jacket was either chucked by the writer himself or by Sr who then created this protective leather sleeve. An amazing association copy of the rarest of all of Steinbecks works. First and Fine. Signed by Author(s).

"The Grapes of Wrath is the kind of art that's poured out of a crucible in which are mingled pity and indignation. Its power and importance do not lie in its political insight but in its intense humanity. [It] is the American novel of the season, probably the year, possibly the decade" (Clifton Fadiman). It is the basis for the 1940 John Ford directed film, bearing the same name starring Henry Fonda. It is widely considered as one of the greatest American films of all time. In 1989, this film was one of the first 25 films to be selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Listed by Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the twentieth century.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. "The Pastures of Heaven" by John Steinbeck. New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932 first American edition first printing (first issue). 8vo. Original publisher's green gilt-lettered cloth, top edge stained black (some minor fading to spine ends, very slightly leaned); original silver dust jacket lettered in blue with gold stars (some minor soiling, creasing or rubbing, chipping with small losses to spine ends and a few edges, slight rubbing primarily to folds). Provenance: Louis Paul (ca 1902-1970), American author and Steinbeck correspondent (presentation inscription, autograph note by Steinbeck tipped in, see below). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, IN THE FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY STEINBECK: "For Louis Paul: that I wish I could write as good as him, John Steinbeck, Los Gatos, 1936." Steinbeck adds a postscript: "I wonder what will become of us now! And I could wish that this book might possibly give you as much pleasure as your wanting me to sign it gives me. J.S." Of the 2,500 copies printed, only 1,650 were bound, and of those, only 650 sold. Ballou later bought the remaining copies, and it has become the most popular of Steinbeck's three earliest novels. A SUPERB ASSOCIATION COPY. [Tipped in:] STEINBECK. Autograph note, to Louis Paul, n.d., n.p. In full: "Where'd you get hold of this. The double imprint B. W. & P. is very rare. Ballou tipped in his house information almost the day of publication. This super first edition I'm told is hard to get. I see that Shumlin has turned down my new playing novel. I grow more and more convinced that any book which gets by easily is a lousy book. It can almost be made axiomatic. Anyway I'll get this off." Steinbeck struck up a friendship with Louis Paul after reading his contribution to the O. Henry Prize Stories of 1934. Steinbeck shares his endorsement of Paul in a 24 November 1937 letter to his literary agents Elizabeth Otis, Anne Laurie Williams and Mavis McIntosh: "I'm bringing you a new client. Louis Paul. He's a swell egg and you will like him. And he's well enough known so that it may not be hard to sell his stories. I like him immensely" (Steinbeck, A Life in Letters, p. 144, 1975). Goldstone & Payne A2a. One of the rarest Steinbeck books on the market. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. John Steinbeck (1939) 'The Grapes of Wrath', US first edition, first printing, published by Viking. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "For Joseph Dunninger, John Steinbeck." Houed in a blue solander case protecting the book. Provenance: Joseph Dunninger (1892-1975), aka 'The Amazing Dunninger,' was a prominent magician and mentalist who pioneered the performance of magic on radio and television. He was friends of Harry Houdini and other contemporary magicians. An interesting association of one of the most desirable 20th century American landmark novels. Condition: a near fine book with just a hint of shelf wear and faint ageing spots to page block. The original dust jacket is NOT price clipped, clean with a professional repair of a tear. A striking specimen. The Grapes of Wrath was an immediate bestseller and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award. It was adapted into the famous John Ford Hollywood film (1940) starring Henry Fonda. Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize in Literature for which this work contributed greatly. First and Fine. Signed by Author(s).

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.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing, first issue with "pendula" on page 9, and a bullet between the two 8's of the page number on page 88. Signed by John Steinbeck on the front free endpaper and inscribed to a former owner. 186 pp. Bound in publisher's cloth stamped in orange and black. Near Fine with slight lean to binding, contents lightly tanned. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light toning to spine, minor edge wear with several short closed tears. Small strip of offsetting to verso at spine from a previous dust jacket protector. A scarce signed edition of John Steinbeck's Western novella about the struggles of two itinerant farm workers, George and Lennie, in California during the Great Depression. One of only 2,500 copies printed in the first issue.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Octavo. Original orange cloth, lettering to spine in black, rules to covers and spine in red, top edge red. With dust jacket. Housed in a custom green morocco-backed folding box. An exceptionally Fine copy which is bright and crisp. Fine dust jacket with only the most trivial rubbing to extremities, otherwise extremely bright and fresh. Presentation copy inscribed by the author "For Guy G. B. Reedy, John Steinbeck" on front free endpaper. A signed limited edition was also issued by the publishers in 1936. Steinbeck met Reedy when he moved to New York in the early 1920s and both men worked on the construction of Madison Square Garden. Steinbeck left after seeing a co-worker fall to his death, but the two remained close, and Steinbeck inscribed first editions of all his books for Reedy. Historically overshadowed by Steinbeck's towering works East of Eden and The Grapes of Wrath, his later novel In Dubious Battle has seen a resurgence of scholarly interest for its depictions of race and class. In developing the novel's central structure, "Steinbeck utilized episodes from the Tagus Ranch peach strike of 1933 and a cotton strike throughout the San Joaquin Valley that October"; while he "deviated from the particulars of these labor disputes to clarify the central themes of the novel.In Dubious Battle indicates that the primary responsibility for human suffering rests on the growers, since they preside over an economic framework that limits the opportunities available to the working class" predominantly composed of people of color (Dawson). Steinbeck's emphasis on laborers unionizing to fight back against their abusers -- predominantly powerful, white men -- are concerns that continue resonating today. In Dubious Battle made its appearance on the big screen in 2017, as a film directed by James Franco. Goldstone & Payne A5(b). Fine in Fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by John Steinbeck on a laid in signature. A beautiful dustjacket that is rich in color with minor repair. This original dustjacket has all the first issue points present. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with a hint of wear to the edges. The pages are exceptionally clean, with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a superb copy of this true first edition SIGNED by the author. We buy SIGNED Steinbeck First Editions. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. A beautiful copy SIGNED by John Steinbeck on the front endpaper.This ORIGINAL First Issue dustjacket is rich in color and has the publisher's $2.50 printed price present on the front flap. 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 fabulous copy SIGNED by the author. We buy SIGNED Steinbeck First Editions. Signed by Author(s).

A story of classic simplicity, based on a Mexican folk tale, The Pearl explores the secrets of man's nature, the darkest depths of evil, and the luminous possibilities of love. Steinbeck began writing the story as a movie script in 1944, and first published it as a short story called "The Pearl of the World" in Woman's Home Companion in December 1945. He expanded it to novella length and published it under the name The Pearl by Viking Press in 1947. As he was writing the novella version, he was frequently travelling to Mexico where the film version, co-written with Jack Wagner, was being filmed. The film was also released by RKO in 1947 as a co-promotion with the book.

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.

Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. A fine, clean and tight copy limited to 99 copies, Signed by John Steinbeck. A very nice copy in a very good slipcase. Book is sharp and straight. No bumped corners to book. Spine tips are very smooth. Comes with an acetate jacket. No tears or chips to jacket. Red top edge is very clean and bright. No offsetting or toning to pages. Slipcase is tight but has edge wear to corners. Label to spine of box is very nice. Copy number 96.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF 1500 COPIES. This copy is SIGNED by John Steinbeck on the limitation page. A magnificent copy bound in the publisher's cloth. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean and the book appears unread. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy SIGNED by the author housed in the publisher's slipcase. We buy signed Steinbeck First Editions. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by John Steinbeck. A beautiful copy. This TRUE FIRST EDITION printed by J.J. Little has the misprint of the dot between the 8's on page 88 and the unedited text on page 9 with the word "pendula" present. This ORIGINAL First Issue dustjacket is vibrant in color with NO chips or tears with some repair. The book 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 wonderful copy authentically inscribed and SIGNED by John Steinbeck housed in a custom clamshell slipcase for preservation. We buy SIGNED Steinbeck First Editions. Signed by Author(s).

First edition of this classic story of simplicity, based on a Mexican folk tale. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Maggie and Larry with love John Steinbeck." Near fine in a near fine first-issue dust jacket with Steinbeck looking to the left on the rear panel. Drawings by Jose Clemente Orozco. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A story of classic simplicity, based on a Mexican folk tale, The Pearl explores the secrets of man's nature, the darkest depths of evil, and the luminous possibilities of love. Steinbeck began writing the story as a movie script in 1944, and first published it as a short story called "The Pearl of the World" in Woman's Home Companion in December 1945. He expanded it to novella length and published it under the name The Pearl by Viking Press in 1947. As he was writing the novella version, he was frequently travelling to Mexico where the film version, co-written with Jack Wagner, was being filmed. The film was also released by RKO in 1947 as a co-promotion with the book.

Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Signed by John Steinbeck on the half title, inscribed to former owner, "For Thomas." [viii], 246 pp. Original white cloth stamping in crimson and black. Very Good+ with very slight lean, hinge starting at front, ink underline and marginal note to p. 241, faint marginal bracket to another page. In a Near Fine dust jacket with sunning to spine, light shelf wear, unclipped. A rare signed copy of Steinbeck's bestselling American travelogue with his dog.

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: As New. 1st Edition. SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION. A magnificent copy authentically SIGNED by John Steinbeck. The book is bound in the ORIGINAL cloth from the publisher. This copy is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning, and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a stunning copy with the ORIGINAL publisher's slipcase that matches the number in the book. We buy SIGNED Steinbeck First Editions. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First printing SIGNED by John Steinbeck on the front endpaper. A beautiful copy. This ORIGINAL First issue dustjacket has the publisher's $2.50 printed price present on the front flap with minor wear to the edges. 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 page are clean with light discoloration to the endpapers. There is NO marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy SIGNED by the author. We buy SIGNED Steinbeck First Editions. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Very Fine. Limited Edition. #6/99 copies, specially bound in black and light grey buckram, top edge stained rose, in publisher's black paper covered slipcase with spine label, without jacket, as issued. SIGNED by Steinbeck and Numbered on the concluding colophon. Book is Very Fine. Slipcase is Very Good or better, with moderate fading to closed end, minor wear to edges of open end, but sound. 349pp. Enclosed in a custom made clamshell box. Q09641.

Hardcover. First Edition. In the first issue dustwrapper. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Steinbeck on the front endpaper: "For Craig/Sincerely,/John Steinbeck/New York." A scarce book to find authentically signed Slight bump to bottom front corner. About Fine in a Fine dustwrapper.

First edition of Steinbeck's riveting account of his experiences with several bomber crews of the U.S. Army Air Forces during WWII. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 60 photographs by John Swope. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Dear Mr. Wilson, Many thanks for your lucid thoughts and interest in my work, John Steinbeck." The recipient, Edmund Wilson, was an American literary critic and progenitor of the Library of America publication series. His critical works helped foster public appreciation for many of the foremost American writers of the 20th century including F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos, and William Faulkner. Steinbeck's inscription refers, in jest, to Wilson's harsh critique of his work in his 1941 publication The Boys in the Back Room: Notes on California Novelists. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition. An exceptional association, linking these two great American men of letters. Steinbeck was commissioned to write the present volume by the United States Army Forces as part of an effort to increase Air Force recruitment and morale. In order to write the book, Steinbeck traveled more than 20,000 miles in 30 days, visiting dozens of training corps and flying fields with John Swopes, himself a flier who took the 60 photographs that illustrate the book documenting the various jobs needed to form a bombing team. All royalties of the author and photographer, as well as publishing profits, were endowed to the perpetual Air Forces Aid Society Trust Fund to provide emergency aid for the families of fliers lost in the line of duty.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good slipcase. Slight bumping to slipcase. ; Signed by John Steinbeck on the front end page. ; Signed by Author.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Signed Limited First Edition. First edition, limited issue; one of 1,500 copies signed by John Steinbeck, of which 750 were for private distribution. [viii], 602 pp. Bound in publisher's original green buckram lettered in gilt with spine blocked in brown, all edges stained terra-cotta; housed in publisher's faux-wood grain slipcase. Fine with light spot of soiling to verso of limitation page and half-title in Near Fine publisher's acetate jacket with small chip and closed tear at one spine end, light chipping to corners and slight darkening to the spine panel. Rubbing to slipcase at extremities with light fading and black marker on one edge and small dampstain near opening. The deluxe signed limited edition of what many consider Steinbeck's best novel. Based on the biblical story of Cain and Abel, it was adapted into film in 1955, directed by Elia Kazan and starring James Dean.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. Near fine signed first limited edition as stated on colophon. Signed by John Steinbeck on colophon. Number 53 of 99 signed copies. Very light shelf wear. Light tanning between boards and endpapers. Slightly spine-cocked. Housed in slipcase.