john ernst steinbeck jr 1902 1968 (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. 188 pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with silver lettering to spine with blind stamped cover in original pictorial jacket. First edition, first state. First State, With The Improper Period Between Two Words On Line 11 On Page 112, Publishing Date "March 1942", And No Indication Of Printer's Name On Copyright Page. The Moon Is Down is a novel by American writer John Steinbeck. Fashioned for adaptation for the theatre and for which Steinbeck received the Norwegian King Haakon VII Freedom Cross, it was published by Viking Press in March 1942. The story tells of the military occupation of a small town in Northern Europe by the army of an unnamed nation at war with England and Russia (much like the occupation of Norway by the Germans during World War II). The title of the book comes from Macbeth. Just before Banquo encounters Macbeth on his way to kill Duncan, he asks his son, Fleance, "How goes the night, boy?" Fleance replies, "The moon is down; I have not heard the clock." (Act II, Scene i). Condition: Lightly soiled, heal corners rubbed through. Jacket price clipped, spine ends chipped, some closed edge tears, lightly soiled else very good in like jacket.

First edition, first printing (per Viking's requisite statement upon copyright page). [6], 602 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 14.75cm. Lacks dust jacket. Green cloth with a few small stains; light mottling to front board; slight brown toning at board edges and spine ends; spine heel bumped. Front board with correct navy blue lettering at center right; black lettering within spine's black-bordered reddish-brown title block. Slight soiling to top edge; non-authorial Christmas 1952 three-line ink gift inscription at top of front free endpaper; slight soiling to front and rear endpapers; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. Still a very good copy. Title page verso has correct four lines "Copyright 1952 by John Steinbeck | First published by The Viking Press in September 1952 | Published on the same day in the Dominion of Canada | by The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited" at top with publisher logo and "Printed in U.S.A. by H. Wolff Book Manufacturing Co." at bottom. Page 281, line 38 has correct first state typographical error "bite" instead of the subsequently corrected "bight.".

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. 312 pages. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 3/4") issued in reddish-orange cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover and embossed pictorial to cover. (Goldstone & Payne: A23a) First edition. This is about a group of strangers who are stranded on a bus. In the beginning of the book Steinbeck's writing is so clear, so realistic you would swear you were inside the bus stop's coffee shop. Unfortunately, the reader can become lost in the last part of the book, when Steinbeck's writing becomes too allegorical. Although critically it is an undervalued book, Viking printed 100,000 copies of The Wayward Bus. (Firsts:17:1) Condition: Light shelf wear. Jacket restored some light stains to back wrapper else a very good copy in a very good to fine jacket.