John Steinbeck, Signed (132 results)

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 A collection of unpublished letters with outstanding content and inscribed books establishing the close friendship John Steinbeck and his wife Elaine shared with theater director John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: 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.

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: 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.

First edition, presentation edition of Steinbeck's final novel, one of only 500 examples with only a few known inscribed examples, which along with The Grapes of Wrath are considered his masterpieces. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Hello Dennis -- We live, but I wonder whether we learn anything John Steinbeck." The reply in a second hand reads, "As I told John -- We don't. Dennis Wesley." The recipient, Dennis Wesley was an illustrator, who illustrated Steinbeck's classic The Red Pony over twenty years earlier. He was also known for illustrating fifteen children's books about horses that he created in collaboration with writer Marguerite Henry. He illustrated over 150 books in his lifetime, includingÂAnna Sewell'sÂBlack Beauty andÂalso wrote and illustrated a few books of his own, among which areÂFlip,ÂFlip and the Cows,ÂFlip and the Morning, andÂTumble. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Elmer Hader. Lettering by Jeanyee Wong. Photograph by William Ward Beecher. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by Asprey. An exceptional association. In awarding John Steinbeck the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Nobel committee stated that with The Winter of Our Discontent, he had â resumed his position as an independent expounder of the truth, with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinely American.â Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of Steinbeckâ s last novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With Ethan no longer a member of Long Islandâ s aristocratic class, his wife is restless, and his teenage children are hungry for the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards. Set in Steinbeckâ s contemporary 1960 America, the novel explores the tenuous line between private and public honesty, and today ranks alongside his most acclaimed works of penetrating insight into the American condition.

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).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Viking 1947. Vg/good dj has some edge chipping and wear. 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 title page, "For Bob Kriendler with best wishes John Steinbeck." The recipient was the owner of the legendary New York City landmark restaurant and speakeasy ''21''. Steinbeck was a frequent visitor to 21 and was friends with Kriendler. It has hosted every President since Franklin Delano Roosevelt except for George W. Bush has dined at 21 (although Bush's wife and daughters have). Light rubbing to the bottom cloth and small bookplate, near fineÂin 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 nice association. 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. No Jacket. Limited Edition. First Trade Edition/First Printing, one of 1500 copies signed by Steinbeck, of which 750 were for private distribution. Taped on the first page is a seldom seen "With The Compliments Of The Viking Press, 18 East 48th Street, New York 17" slip that has been signed by Steinbeck s editor Pascal Avram "Pat" Covici. Handwritten 8/22/52 date of owner's mother's acquisition. Signed by Author(s).

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: 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.

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 with the words "First Published in May 1941" This copy is authentically INSCRIBED and SIGNED by John Steinbeck "For .The Poetry of my region, John" A magnificent copy seldom seen SIGNED. This ORIGINAL First Issue dustjacket is vibrant in color with NO chips or tears. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a stunning copy SIGNED by the author in collector's condition. We buy SIGNED Steinbeck First Editions. Signed by Author(s).

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. 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.

Signed Limited First Edition. First edition, one of a limited 1,500 copies signed by John Steinbeck on the limitation page, of which 750 were for private distribution. [viii], 602 pp. Bound in publisher's original green buckram stamped in gilt and crimson, all edges stained red, in publisher's faux-wood grain slipcase. A Fine copy with bright gilt in the original acetate sleeve, small chip to rear panel, uncommon thus. In a Good+ example of the slipcase, worn and rubbed with evidence of amateur repair. 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.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. First edition, first issue. Presentation; signed and inscribed by Steinbeck on front free endpaper: "For Alan Green / with many thanks / John Steinbeck." Publisher's canary yellow cloth (second state), lettered in dark blue; in the original pictorial dust jacket designed by Arthur Hawkins, Jr., with an illustration of Cannery Row by Hawkins to the front panel, titled in yellow. Very good book, with some soiling to cloth, light toning to spine, a touch of rubbing to spine ends, lightly bumped corners, and light offsetting to endpapers; near fine unclipped dust jacket, with mild toning to spine and extremities, light wear to spine ends, and a bit of chipping to top left corner of front flap. Overall, a lovely copy, very scarce with Steinbeck's signature. Cannery Row is a Depression-era novel set in Monterey, California. The story takes place on a grungy street with "the gathered and scattered, tin and iron and rust and splintered wood, chipped pavement and weedy lots, junk heaps, sardine canneries of corrugated iron, honky tonks, restaurants and whore houses, and little crowded groceries, and laboratories and flophouses." The actual street in Monterey has since been renamed "Cannery Row" in honor of this iconic novel. The plot features an unlikely cast of characters, including a marine biologist, a grocer, a restaurateur, and a group of local vagabonds. Cannery Row showcases Steinbeck's talent for making even the most unsavory characters relatable and endearing; Mack and his group of homeless squatters are described as "gentlemen and philosophers united by a common dislike of a steady job and a mutual feeling for the pleasures of living according to their lights." Much of the inspiration for this novel and its 1954 sequel Sweet Thursday were drawn from the author's own life; Steinbeck was born in Monterey County, grew up knowing fishermen and other laborers, and was close friends with a marine biologist, Ed Ricketts, who worked on the real Cannery Row. Signed by Author.

1st edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (this is the signed, limited edition, of which there were 1500 copies) Fine book/very good slip case (the book is absolutely pristine; the slipcase is in solid shape, with some edgewear).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. First. One of 52 signed and lettered copies, in addition to a stated limitation of 699 signed and numbered copies, this is letter "FF" of the lettered issue, signed by Steinbeck. There were likely 52 lettered copies, since double lettered copies such as this have appeared on the market. 1937, 1937. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. STEINBECK, John. The Red Pony. New York: Covici-Friede, 1937. Octavo, original pictorial beige cloth, uncut, original numbered cardboard slipcase. Housed in a custom clamshell box. The three interconnected stories in this volume (a fourth was added in the 1945 edition) "examine the nature of life and of death and the relationship of the individual to the whole" (Benson, 288). Without original glassine. Goldstone & Payne A9a. Salinas Public Library, 27. Valentine 78. Interior fine. Cloth with slightest toning. Original slipcase lightly worn, with a small piece of the top edge of the case detached but present. A lovely copy in very nearly fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. In blue and red jacket over green cloth with silver titling, 8vo, 598pp. Illustrated with color and b/w illustrations. A wonderful copy inscribed to long-lived Irish rabble-rowser Sheila O'Leary on the half title page by Steinbeck: "For Sheila O'leary - O'leary - O'leary - For Sheila O'leary. - John Steinbeck". (slight edgewear to outer jacket at tips and corners, slight toning to edges and endpapers). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Signed and Inscribed By Author. Book.

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.

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.