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Steinbeck, John. Burning Bright: A Play in Story Form. Viking, New York, 1950.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First published by The Viking Press in November 1950, stated. A former owner name on the front endpaper, else unmarked; slight spine slant; spine ends bumped with some wear; soiling to the boards; lacking the dust jacket; Mylar protected.
Seller: Black Falcon Books, Wellesley, MA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Burning Bright. Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Clean, tight and unmarked in DJ. $2.50 price on front flap. In tan boards with red titles.
Seller: WILLIAM BLAIR BOOKS, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.
John Steinbeck. Burning Bright. The Viking Press, 1950.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London, Macmillan & co., 1959. 8vo, 245 pp. First Edition. Unclipped jacket, small stain on the front, light wear at its edges and a small chip from the head of the spine area. Brownish stain on the dust jacket. Head of the spine sunned, pages clean and bright, overall Very Good. The Book Cellar & Henschel.
Seller: Daniel Zachariah, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Steinbeck, John. Burning Bright. Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first edition, published by the Viking Press in 1950. Bound in publisher's gray cloth, lettered in red. A very good copy with a touch of glue toning to the end sheets, and a spot to the title page.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
STEINBECK, John. Burning Bright: A Play In Story Form. Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$33.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing. Octavo; rough gray cloth, with titles printed in red on spine and front panel; orange topstain; 159pp. Slight fade to top-stain, mild rubbing to board edges; Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper. GOLDSTONE & PAYNE A29a.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Burning Bright: A Play in Story Form. Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$34.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover with dustjacket, book has two tape-shadows on the front cover and front end-paper and two on the rear cover and rear end-paper, an ownership stamp and brief ink notation on the blank front end-paper, and a moderate cock to the spine, the binding is tight and the contents are fine, the jacket has three tape-shadows on the flaps and a few others on the reverse side, the front and rear panels and the spine look "Near Fine," a faint outine of a tape-shadow on the front and rear panels and very slight sunning to the spine are the only flaws, the original price (2.50) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, a flawed but still presentable copy
Seller: Mainly Books, Silverdale, PA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Burning Bright. Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$37.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Minor cover dustiness, else a Fine copy. No jacket. An uncommon title.
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. BURNING BRIGHT. A Play in Story Form. The Viking Press, 1950.
Price: US$38.65 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The Viking Press, 1950, first edition. Hardback, d/j, 8vo, 159pp. Small bookseller label, top edge dusty, d/j slightly marked, torn and creased. A good copy in fair d/j. /0.4us
Seller: GfB, the Colchester Bookshop, Colchester, United Kingdom
John Steinbeck. Burning Bright. Viking Press,, New York:, 1950.
Price: US$49.00 + shipping
Description: G/G Beige boards with red lettering have shelf wear to corners and edges, very faint foxing, soiled head, and slightly musty smell. Dust-jacket has rubbing, and small tears along edges. Front free endpaper has price marked with a grease pencil. A morality play in story form by the author of "Of Mice and Men". First edition, first printing.
Seller: Plum Books, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Burning Bright. New York: Viking Press., 1950.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small 8vo. First edition. 160 pp. Steinbecks "play-novelette." Grey cloth with orange titling on the spine and on front panel. Slightly cocked. The front free end-paper shows that some penciled note has been erased. In an unclipped DJ with the price present. The DJ has dusting, some tears, and some repairs.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Burning Bright: A Play in Story Form. The Viking Press, 1950.
Price: US$69.95 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Light brown cloth, lettered in orange, orange topstain. As issued. Dust jacket shows light surface rubbing, top front flap corner crease, now in mylar. 159 pp. 1st ed. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
John Steinbeck. Burning Bright: A Play In Story Form. The Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First published by The Viking Press in November 1950 stated. 5 x 7 1/2 Book; binding tight, mild bumping to top front edge and top corners else boards straight and clean; two small soil spots to fore edge and one soil spot to bottom edge with ink name to top front paste down, eleven pages have minor soiling and two pages have moderate soiling, text block tight. Dust jacket ($2.50) has mild chipping with small paper loss to spine and flap fold ends, 1" crease to top front cover by spine with thin 2" crease to bottom corner rear flap, moderate fading to spine. Color sharp to covers. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.
Seller: Twinwillow Books, Los Alamitos, CA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Burning Bright. Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Near Fine in an about Near Fine, unclipped ($2.50), faded at the spine, rubbed at the edges, soiled at the surface. Beige buckram with red ink lettering and designs on the spine and front board, bumped at the head of the spine. Square and firmly bound with a red top stain, clean internally. Steinbeck's "play-novelette" with four scenes and four characters.
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.
John Steinbeck. Burning Bright. The Viking Press, 1950.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. First Edition. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. Spine ends bumped, chip to center of spine. Dust jacket is rubbed along spine, chips to spine ends and at center of spine, protected in Brodart cover. NO markings in text; binding is tight. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.
Seller: Book Alley, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
STEINBECK, JOHN. BURNING BRIGHT a Play in Story Form. THE VIKING PRESS, NY, 1950.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: small closed tear to an unclipped dj. clean copy!
Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, albany, NY, U.S.A.
STEINBECK, JOHN. BURNING BRIGHT. THE VIKING PRESS, N.Y., 1950.
Price: US$79.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Owner's stamp in the book.
Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, albany, NY, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. BURNING BRIGHT: A Play in Story Form. Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Description: First printing of Steinbeck's experimental work, an amalgam of play and novel similar to OF MICE AND MEN. Expanding on the idea first developed in OF MICE AND MEN - adapting aspects of the theater into the structure of a novel - Steinbeck wrote this "play in story form" about the birth of a long-awaited child. The book was staged the same year with Rodgers and Hammerstein as producers. Neither the book nor the play did well, but Steinbeck didn't seem to mind: "We were kicked around like dogs, but I still want to do it. This shows a truly pure quality of stupidity. Just nuts. I'm so fascinated by everything about the theatre I don't really care if the show's a flop" (Interview, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, 18 September 1952). 7.5'' x 4.75''. Original full tan cloth, front board and spine lettered in red. Original unclipped ($2.50) dust jacket in yellow, grey, and orange. Orange topstain. 159, [1] pages. Ink owner inscription to front fly leaf. Jacket moderately edge worn with areas of paper loss to upper front corner and at spine ends. Lines of creasing at spine. Cloth lightly worn, rounded at corners. Offsetting to endpaper gutters.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Burning Bright. Viking Press, 1950. First edition, all points pres, 1950.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Description: Very good+ in very good jacket, all corners rubbed
Seller: The Book Den, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
STEINBECK, John. Burning Bright: A Play in Story Form. The Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 159 p. 20 cm. Tan cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Top edge pink. Panels a bit rubbed, light edge wear, front flap price clipped. As this book's subtitle explains, Steinbeck wrote it as an experiment with producing a play in novel format. Rather than providing only the dialogue and brief stage directions, as would be expected in a play, Steinbeck fleshes out the scenes with details of both the characters and the environment. The experiment had already been carried out successfully in "Of Mice and Men" and "The Moon Is Down."
Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Steinbeck, John.. Burning Bright. A Play in Story Form.. The Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Printing. A Near Fine copy in pale gray cloth stamped in red (topstain slightly spotted, slight offset to rear endpaper), in a Very Good or better jacket, not price-clipped, with trace wear to points, and fading of orange portion of spine panel. 159pp. Nobel Prize winner. Q11278
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. BURNING BRIGHT. Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$106.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Light shelfwear to DJ. ; What Steinbeck described as a new writing technique, the play-novelette, as a play that is easy to read or a short novel that can be played via the dialogue ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 159 pages
Seller: Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore, Westport, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 5 X 7 1/2 Inches. 159 PP. An unusually fine copy in like dust jacket. Original price of $2.50 intact on front flap. Book appears unread, atypical condition for this third effort in Steinbecks "Play/Novelette" style. Dust jacket exhibits the slightest hint of wear at folds. Light blemish to DJ front cover. This copy bright and fresh. No PO mutilation of any kind.
Seller: Back in Time Rare Books, ABAA, FABA, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
STEINBECK, JOHN. BURNING BRIGHT. NEW YORK NY VIKING PRESS (THE) PUB 1950., 1950.
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Description: F/VG. D.J. IS MODERATELY WORN AT THE CORNERS AND SPINE-ENDS WITH VERY SHALLOW CHIPPING AT THE TOP OF THE SPINE, A SHORT TEAR AT THE TOP OF THE REAR PANEL, SOME VERY SCATTERED SURFACE CHIPPING OF THE FRONT VERTICAL FOLDS, SOME UNOBTRUSIVE DAMP STAINING ALONG THE FORE-EDGE FOLDS, WITH MODERATE COLOR FADE TO THE SPINE PANEL. A VERY NICE COPY. FIRST EDITION.
Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. BURNING BRIGHT: A PLAY IN STORY FORM. The Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, original gray cloth stamped in red, top edge stained orange. First edition. Goldstone and Payne A29a. Slight spine lean, a bit of tanning to endpapers, mostly along gutter margins of paste-downs, a very good or better copy in very good dust jacket (priced $2.50 on the front flap) with light wear at spine ends and corner tips and mild dust soiling. (#160389)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John.. Burning Bright.. NY. Viking Press. 1950, 1950.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: ` First Edition. With "First Published by the Viking Press in November 1950" and copyright date of 1950 on the copyright page. Only 15,000 copies printed. NF/VG+ finely woven gray cloth stamped brightly in red. Clean, tight, and unmarked internally. In a colorful dustjacket printed in rose, yellow, and black. With a touch of wear to the top of the spine and a light scratch across the center of the jacket spine. With the original price of $2.50 on the inside front flap. First Edition. With "First Published by the Viking Press in November 1950" and copyright date of 1950 on the copyright page.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Burning Bright. Viking Press, Ne w York, 1950.
Price: US$155.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A Fine book in Gray clioth with red stampings. The pages are clean and the binding is tight. A beautiful book. The dust jacket would be fine also, but the back cover has a 3/8 repaired wrinkle and very minimal wear. Overall it is a lovely bright book that is very collectible.
Seller: Rose Publications, Glendale, AZ, U.S.A.
STEINBECK, John. Burning Bright: A Play In Story Form. Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing. Octavo; rough gray cloth, with titles printed in red on spine and front panel; orange topstain; dustjacket; 159pp. Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket, unclipped, evenly dust-soiled, with edgewear, a few tears, and a touch of sunning to the spine. GOLDSTONE & PAYNE A29a.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. BURNING BRIGHT. The Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo. Bound in gray cloth stamped in red, spine lettering red; a Near Fine copy in Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket. Fading bottom of spine of Dust Jacket. Offsetting lower edge of endpapers. 159 pp.
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.
John Steinbeck. Burning Bright. The Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$219.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first edition of this novel from Pulitzer winner John Steinbeck. First edition, first printing. 'Burning Bright' was written as an experiment with producing a play in novel format. Rather than providing only the dialogue and brief stage directions as would be expected in a play, Steinbeck fleshes out the scenes with details of both the characters and the environment. The intention was to allow the play to be read by the non-theatrical reader while still allowing the dialogue to be lifted and performed with little adaptation by acting companies. In a grey cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, generally smart, with just some slight shelfwear. Dustwrapper is sound, though with some edgewear and handling marks. Internally, firmly bound. Ink signature to front free-endpaper. Pages are generally bright and clean, aside from a few patches of foxing. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Steinbeck, John. BURNING BRIGHT. Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good dust jacket. Owner address stamp to front end page. Minor rubbing to jacket. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall.
Seller: Evolving Lens Bookseller, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.
STEINBECK, JOHN. BURNING BRIGHT. NEW YORK NY VIKING PRESS (THE) PUB 1950., 1950.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: FINE IN A VERY GOOD+ D.J. BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. HAS A TRACE OF RUB/WEAR AT THE CORNERS, WITH A SHORT TEAR AT THE TOP OF THE FRONT PANEL, VERY MODEST COLOR-FADE ON THE SPINE PANEL, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY OF A D.J. THAT IS VERY LIGHT SENSATIVE AND PRONE TO LOOK DRAB. FIRST EDITION. Binding is HARDCOVER.
Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. BURNING BRIGHT: A Play in Story Form. Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. A "play-novelette" which Steinbeck describes as "a play that is easy to read or a short novel that can be played simply by lifting out the dialogue." Fine in bright near fine dust jacket with spine slightly toned and touch of creasing to head of spine.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
John Steinbeck. Burning Bright. The Viking Press, 1950.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition.
Seller: Wheelwrite Imaginarium Bookshop, Manchester Ctr, VT, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Burning Bright. A Play in Story Form. The Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Gray cloth. Fine, bright copy in near-fine, unclipped dust jacket
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
John Steinbeck. Burning Bright. The Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: The Viking Press, 1950. 159 pp. Approximately 5 x 7 1/2". First edition, first printing. Dust jacket is very good with minor chips and wear and does have the $2.50 price on flap, small closed tear on front top edge of cover. Original tan cloth over boards, red lettering on cover and spine, orange dye on top edges, bookseller's ticket on rear paste-down endpaper, very minor foxing to edges, otherwise in near fine condition. (Goldstone & Payne, A29a)The form of this book is a "play-novelette", which is a play that is easy to read or a short novel that can be played. Steinbeck used this method experimentally in "Of Mice and Men" and "The Moon is Down" but this book is a more complete attempt at this form. While this book was not critically acclaimed, Steinbeck, as always, is a very vivid writer and bring his four characters to life in this play concerned with the timeless themes of love, jealousy, friendship, and the desire to have a child
Seller: The Book Lair, ABAA, Pleasanton, CA, U.S.A.
STEINBECK, John. Burning Bright. The Viking Press, 1950.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition (November, 1950). 8vo. Grey cloth stamped in red. Dust jacket unclipped with $2.50 price (slight rubbing). Very good. 159 pages. No signatures or bookplates.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
John Steinbeck. Burning Bright. The Viking Press, 1950.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine Copy In Like Jacket.First Edition.$2.50 on Flap. Excellent Fresh Copy Of This Play- Novelette.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
STEINBECK, John. Burning Bright. Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$385.00 + shipping
Description: First printing. 12mo (19.5cm). Grey publisher's cloth, titled in orange, orange topstain; plain endpapers; 159pp. Bookplate of James G. Mead to front pastedown. A straight, bright copy, pushed at head and tail, slight dustiness to top edge: Near Fine. Jacket unclipped (priced $2.50), rubbed at edges, spine lightly sunned, with small chips at head and tail: Very Good. "A Play in Story Form." First edition of Steinbeck's experimental "play in story form." GOLDSTONE & PAYNE A29a.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck. John. Burning Bright. The Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Burning Bright by John Steinbeck. First edition in dust jacket. Publisher: The Viking Press, New York, 1950. First edition with copyright page statement "First Published by The Viking Press in November 1950". Dust jacket is in near fine condition. The dust jacket is not price clipped with a price of $2.50. Book binding is in fine condition. Book contents clean throughout, slight foxing on the fore-edge. 159 pages. Protected by Mylar. Inventory # 21-171. Price: $400.
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
STEINBECK, JOHN. BURNING BRIGHT. The Viking Press, 1950.
Price: US$468.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Type: Book 159 pp., elephant grey cloth bdg. with cadmium red-stamped titling on front board & spine, tec. (very slight shelf wear, very slight yellowing of paper edges, pristine copy)DJ(slightly faded spine, very slight shelf wear to edges, slightly soiled, unclipped)VG+Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request. Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.
Seller: ODYSSEY, Pointe Claire, QC, Canada
STEINBECK, John. Burning Bright: A Play in Story Form. Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Top edge a little soiled, still fine in very slightly soiled, else fine dustwrapper. A very nice copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
John Steinbeck. Burning Bright. The Viking Press, 1950.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: New York:: The Viking Press, 1950. First edition. A fine hardcover copy in a bright, unclipped NF dust jacket. Dust jacket has slight color loss on one spot on the back (about the size of an eraser head). DJ has very light wear on tips and spine.
Seller: EGR Books, Centreville, VA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Burning Bright. Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st Edition. Hardcover. Some slight browning to FFEP, light soiling to DJ, small stain heel of DJ, small 1/2" closed tear rear panel, slight fading to spine of DJ; otherwise colors bright.
Seller: Lyons Fine Books, Neenah, WI, U.S.A.
Steinbeck , John. Burning Bright. The Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "FIRST PUBLISHED BY THE VIKING PRESS IN NOVEMBER 1950" printed on the copyright page. A beautiful copy. This First Issue dustjacket is rich in color with NO chips or tears with minor wear to the panels. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with minor wear to the boards. There is NO marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely with the original dustjacket.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Steinbeck John. BURNING BRIGHT, A Play in Story Form. New York Viking Press 1950, 1950.
Price: US$544.50 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo, full grey cloth lettered in red on upper cover and spine, in dustjacket. 159. A bright clean and unusually nice copy. In the Foreword Steinbeck writes his reasons for writing in this format - play-novellette: "I find it difficult to read plays, and in this I do not find myself alone. The printed play is read almost exclusively by people closely associated with the theater, by students of the theater, and by the comparatively small group of readers who are passionately fond of the theater. .[this] will be more widely read because it is presented as ordinary fiction."
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
John Steinbeck. Burning Bright. Viking Press, 1950.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Viking Press, New York 1950. First Edition / First Printing. Stated First Published by the Viking Press in November 1950. Book Condition: Fine, clean boards, tight spine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good, shelf wear, long mark at rear panel. Shelf wear, light spots. Wrapped in a new plastic cover.
Seller: 1st Editions and Antiquarian Books, Opelika, AL, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. BURNING BRIGHT: A PLAY IN STORY FORM. The Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); taupe cloth, with titles stamped in red on spine and front cover; orange topstain; dustjacket; 159,[1]pp. A Fine copy, with the orange topstain bright and unfaded. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), with some trivial wear and dustiness to joints and extremities; very Near Fine, with the spine coloring notably bright and without the usual fading. "In Burning Bright Steinbeck attempted to develop a new technique of writing, which he termed "play-novelette" - described in the foreword as "a play that is easy to read or a short novel that can be played simply by lifting out the dialogue" (Morrow 206). Goldstone & Payne A29.a.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
John Steinbeck. Burning Bright. The Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Owner name on front fly leaf and bumping to corner else near fine in near fine dust jacket with slight dusting and a small abrasion on rear panel.
Seller: Courtside Books, Medford, NJ, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. BURNING BRIGHT. Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First printing of Steinbeck's experimental work, an amalgam of play and novel similar to OF MICE AND MEN. Expanding on the idea first developed in OF MICE AND MEN - adapting aspects of the theater into the structure of a novel - Steinbeck wrote this "play in story form" about the birth of a long-awaited child. The book was staged the same year with Rodgers and Hammerstein as producers. Neither the book nor the play did well, but Steinbeck didn't seem to mind: "We were kicked around like dogs, but I still want to do it. This shows a truly pure quality of stupidity. Just nuts. I'm so fascinated by everything about the theatre I don't really care if the show's a flop" (Interview, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, 18 September 1952). A lovely copy. 7.5'' x 4.75''. Original full tan cloth, front board and spine lettered in red. Original unclipped ($2.50) dust jacket in yellow, grey, and orange. Orange topstain. 159, [1] pages. Lightest edgewear to jacket extremities. Tiny spot to fore edge. Overall clear and bright. About fine in near fine jacket.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
STEINBECK, John.. Burning Bright: A Play in Story Form.. The Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: 159 pp. 12mo, pubisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. A very fine copy in a bright unchipped jacket with the very slightest of dust-soiling to the rear panel.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Steinbeck , John. Burning Bright. The Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. This is the TRUE FIRST EDITION published in the ORIGINAL publisher's tan cloth. An attractive First Issue dustjacket that is vibrant in color that has the $2.50 printed price present. The book is in great shape and appears UNREAD. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy in collector's condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John.. Burning Bright.. The Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: First American Edition. Very Fine in dustwrapper, not price-clipped. 159pp. Q14615
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck (John).. Burning Bright; a play in story form. The Viking Press, New York,, 1950.
Price: US$946.87 + shipping
Description: Cloth with a few marks, otherwise a nice copy in slightly edgeworn dust-wrapper; ownership inscription and label to front pastedown
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
John Steinbeck. Burning Bright. Viking Press, 1950.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. A fine copy. The dust jacket all but fine, only with minor creasing, a slight trace of abrasion at the rear flap, and unessential tape reinforcement along the edges of the verso. An outstanding copy overall, presented in custom velvet-lined clamshell box from Asprey. One of Steinbecks most ambitious works, in which he experimented with writing a play in the format of a novel.
Seller: Canton Books, Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. BURNING BRIGHT: A PLAY IN STORY FORM. The Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, original gray cloth stamped in red, top edge stained orange. First edition. Goldstone and Payne A29a. A fine copy in fine dust jacket (priced $2.50 on the front flap) with just a touch of fading to orange ink on the lower edge of the spine panel. A lovely copy. (#160388)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Burning Bright. The Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing, REVIEW copy with the publisher's review slip laid in the book. A fabulous copy. This ORIGINAL First Issue dustjacket is vibrant in color and has the $2.50 printed price present on the front flap. The book is in excellent shape and appears to be unread. 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 superb copy.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Burning Bright. The Viking Press, NY, 1950.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: signed by author
Seller: M & M Books, ATHENS, GA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Burning Bright. The Viking Press, New York, 1950.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing authentically SIGNED by John Steinbeck on the front free 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 marks or bookplates in the book. This copy comes from the Steinbeck Family Library that was auctioned off originally to raise money (From the Library of The Steinbeck Family bookplate present) A lovely copy SIGNED by the author.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.