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Title: Set of 23 first editions bound in full leather Author: Steinbeck, John Place: New York Publisher: Date: 1929-76 Description: With: Cup of Gold: A Life of Henry Morgan, Buccaneer... 269 pp. 1st issue with McBride imprint and published August 1929; approx. only 1500 copies printed. Original cloth front cover and spine each tipped-in at rear. [Goldstone-Payne A1.a]. McBride, 1929. * Tortilla Flat. 317 pp. 1 of 500 advance reading copies. Retains the original wrapper endpapers, bound in. [Goldstone-Payne A4.a]. Covici-Friede, [1935]. * Of Mice and Men. 186 pp. 1st issue with "and only moved because the heavy hands were pendula" on p. 9; bullet between the two 8's in the page number 88. Original cloth front cover and spine each tipped-in at rear. [Goldstone-Payne A7.a]. Covici-Friede, [1937]. * The Long Valley. 303 pp. [Goldstone-Payne A11.a]. Viking, 1938. * The Grapes of Wrath. 619 pp. Retains the original endpapers, bound in. [Goldstone-Payne A12.a]. Viking, [1939]. * The Forgotten Village: Life in a Mexican Village. 143 pp. Illus. from 136 photos. [Goldstone-Payne A14.a]. Viking, 1941. * Steinbeck & Ricketts. Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research. x, 598 pp. Plates; map endpapers. [Goldstone-Payne A15.b]. Viking, 1941. * The Moon is Down. 188 pp. 2nd state with printer's name on copyright page and with no dot between "talk" and "this" on p.112. [Goldstone-Payne A16.b]. Viking, 1942. * Bombs Away: The Story of a Bomber Team. 185 pp. Illus. from 60 photos. [Goldstone-Payne A18.a]. Viking, 1942. * The Red Pony. 131 pp. 1st Illus. Ed., illus. by Wesley Dennis. 2nd issue printed by Rogers-Kellogg-Stillson and bound by Kingsport Press. [Goldstone & Payne A9.c, binding variant 2]. Viking, 1945. * Cannery Row. 208 pp. Issue unknown (no cloth present). [Goldstone-Payne A22.b]. Viking, 1945. * The Wayward Bus. 312 pp. [Goldstone-Payne A23.a]. Viking, 1947. * The Pearl. Illus. by Jose Orozco. 123 pp. [Goldstone-Payne A25.a]. Viking, 1947. * A Russian Journal. 220 pp. With photos by Robert Capa [Goldstone-Payne A27.a]. Viking, 1948. * Burning Bright. 159 pp. [Goldstone-Payne A29.a]. Viking, 1950. * East of Eden. 602 pp. 1st issue with "bite" on p. 281, line 38. [Goldstone-Payne A32.b]. Viking, 1952. * Sweet Thursday. 273 pp. From cloth issue. [Goldstone-Payne A33.b]. Viking, 1954. * The Short Reign of Pippin IV. 188 pp. [Goldstone-Payne A36.a]. Viking, 1957. * The Winter of Our Discontent. 311 pp. [Goldstone-Payne A38.b]. Viking, 1961. * Travels with Charley in Search of America. 246 pp. Map endpapers. [Goldstone-Payne A39.a]. Viking, 1962. * America and Americans. 207 pp. Illus. from photos. 4to. [Goldstone-Payne A43.a]. Viking, [1966]. * Journal of a Novel. 182 pp. [Goldstone-Payne A44.b]. Viking, 1969. * The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights. xiii, 364 pp. [Goldstone-Payne A47.b]. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, [1976]. Together, 23 volumes. Uniformly bound in full Chinese red oasis morocco, spines ruled & lettered in gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. First Editions, first printings. Bound by the Jack Chitgian Bindery (Los Angeles). Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear to original contents, some with scattered minor stains (chiefly at page edges), occasional faint foxing; mostly near fine or better; finely bound. Item number: 174452