Nothing So Monstrous Author: Steinbeck, John Place: [New York] Publisher: [Pynson Printers] Date: 1936 Description: Text illustrations by Donald McKay (8vo) 23.5x15.5 cm (9¼x5¾"), original cloth-backed marbled boards. First Separate Edition. One of 370 copies. Presentation copy, inscribed by Steinbeck In the appropriate space on the colophon to his sister and her husband: ''Beth and Gene with love John Steinbeck." One of six copies prepared for Steinbeck out of a complete edition of 370 copies, prepared by Elmer Adler for himself and four other subscribers, limited by the paper supply for the binding. Not recorded in Goldstone & Payne, this is one of apparently only six copies with Steinbeck's name on the customized colophon page, reading, ''at the request of John Steinbeck on behalf of [blank].'' In a letter to Frederick B. Adams, Jr., Steinbeck requested six copies as he couldn't "afford any more." This copy also bears Elizabeth Ainsworth's bookplate on the front free endpaper. A superb family association copy. Lot Amendments Condition: Mild rubbing to board edges; fore-edge lightly spotted, a few infrequent fox marks; near fine. Item number: 337751
Nothing So Monstrous Author: Steinbeck, John Place: [New York] Publisher: [Pynson Printers] Date: 1936 Description: Text illustrations by Donald McKay (8vo) 23.5x15.5 cm (9¼x5¾"), original cloth-backed marbled boards. First Separate Edition. One of 370 copies. Presentation copy, inscribed by Steinbeck In the appropriate space on the colophon to his sister and her husband: ''Beth and Gene with love John Steinbeck." One of six copies prepared for Steinbeck out of a complete edition of 370 copies, prepared by Elmer Adler for himself and four other subscribers, limited by the paper supply for the binding. Not recorded in Goldstone & Payne, this is one of apparently only six copies with Steinbeck's name on the customized colophon page, reading, ''at the request of John Steinbeck on behalf of [blank].'' In a letter to Frederick B. Adams, Jr., Steinbeck requested six copies as he couldn't "afford any more." This copy also bears Elizabeth Ainsworth's bookplate on the front free endpaper. A superb family association copy. Lot Amendments Condition: Mild rubbing to board edges; fore-edge lightly spotted, a few infrequent fox marks; near fine. Item number: 337751
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