covici pascal editor (8 Ergebnisse)

paperback. Zustand: Fair.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. (Revised and Enlarged) Includes all of Of Mice and Men, The Red Pony, Nobel Prize Speech, many short stories and excerpts from longer works. Slightly larger softcover, thick, 692 pages, pages very lightly browned. Wrappers have black background, list of works included on front wrapper, light creases to front tips, slight wear spot to spine top left and spine bottom right edge, and most of long spine edge left, very slight to other spine edges, creased near bottom back tip, very slight wear to back edges. Near Good.

hardcover. Zustand: Fair. The Viking Portable Library. Tan cloth hardcover, no dust jacket, 568 pages. Fair condition: cover worn & creased, book tilts backward, owner's signature.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Very nice book that shows little wear. There are remainder marks on the outer page edges.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 3rd Printing. Solid with a crease on the spine and the covers show light wear from rubbing.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 609 pages; Pages tight; slight yellowing; minor page wear; previous owner name and address inked on front end paper. Few smudges and slight foxing on end pages. Dark red faded hard covers with tan and red spine; lettering on spine. Moderate shelf wear; cover corners show minor bumping. Book contains introduction by Lewis Gannett; Biographical and Bibliographical note. Selections from Steinbeck's novels include: The Long Valley; The Pastures of Heaven; Tortilla Flat; Dubious Battle; Of Mice and Men; The Red Pony; A Fragment; The Grapes of Wrath; Sea of Cortez; The Moon is Down; Bombs Away; An Uncollected Story; Five Letters from the War Zone; Cannery Row. VERY RARE VINTAGE COPY.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Light brown cloth, lettered/illus. in dark red. Scarce 1st ptg.: July 1943. Cloth is modestly darkened by age, toned text block edges. Crease to front flyleaf. Firm binding, clean interior. viii,568 pp. The first major anthology of Steinbeck's work, issued four years after The Grapes of Wrath. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (17.25cm); flexible tan cloth boards, with titling and pictorial elements stamped in burgundy on spine and front cover; brick red edge-staining; dustjacket; [iv],v-viii,[2],3-568pp. Signed by Steinbeck on the front endpaper. Light wear to spine ends and lower corner-tips, edge-staining a little faded, with a few tiny, unobtrusive stains to right edge of textblock; about Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), lightly edgeworn, with a few tiny nicks and tears, and some mild dust-soil to rear panel; Near Fine. An attractive copy of the first major anthology of Steinbeck's work, selected by his editor, Pascal Covici, who has written a foreword to this volume. Contents include the complete text of Of Mice and Men, long portions from The Long Valley, Grapes of Wrath, Tortilla Flat, The Pastures of Heaven, Sea of Cortez, and The Red Pony, et al. "For readers coming to Steinbeck afresh, it provides a picture of his development as an artist and a good introduction to the mood and import of all his major works" (from rear panel). Uncommon signed. Goldstone & Payne A19a; Morrow 164.