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Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Steinbeck, John. CUP OF GOLD. Custom Collector's 'Sculpted' Clamshell Case. New York: Robert M. McBride, 1929. Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, each box feature a gilt-stamped spine title piece, an embossed 'sculpted Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer' upper cover after the famous dustwrapper's vintage classic illustration. The case is finished inside & out in Kaki & black Nuba®. Nuba® is a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck® leather. An excellent Collector's Custom Case for Steinbeck's First Book. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for OVER 100 generally in-stock titles including many Steinbecks. Book definitely NOT included. Custom Craft available.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
John Steinbeck. Cup Of Gold. Robert M. McBride & Company New York, 1929.
Price: US$695.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine Copy in Yellow Boards First Edition Of The Author's First Book. W/O Jacket. Less Than 1000 Copies All Remainder Of This Edition Excellent Rare Copy.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good copy bound in finely woven mustard cloth stamped brightly in black on the front boards and on the spine. Clean and tight throughout; no foxing. With a former owner's name and date in ink on the front endpaper. With two small chips to the outer edges of page 7 from careless opening. The spine is darkened and there are a few ink smudges on the front boards; light soiling to the rear panel. With the McBride colophon on the last page. Becoming quite scarce as only 1,537 copies of the first edition published by McBride were printed. With a photocopy of an original dust jacket with only half of the inside front flap present. "This is the first novel that John Steinbeck wrote. It is a wild tale based on the life of the king of freebooters, Sir Henry Morgan. We follow him from the black Welsh glens, his birthplace, to the gold and blue Sea of the Caribs. We see him become the overlord of the scum of the sea--the blustering Brotherhood of the Tortuga, the cut-throats of Goaves, Portutugese--as vicious a crew as ever was gathered aboard ship." It centers on Morgan's assault and sacking of Panama City, the "Cup of Gold, ' and the women fairer than the sun reputed to be found there. First Edition with matching dates of 1929 on the title and copyright pages, and with "First Published, August, 1929" at the top of the copyright page.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
John Steinbeck. Cup of Gold. Robert M. McBride & Company, New York, 1929.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "First Published, August 1929", Gold cloth & black titles with top edge darkened; A very good copy with minor finger/dustsoil to boards, & owner name on fep; 269 pages. Size: 5.25"x7.5"
Seller: White Raven Books, Ypsilanti, MI, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Cup of Gold a Life of Henry Morgan,. Robert M. McBride & Company, New York, 1929.
Price: US$1047.06 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: About Fine But For Some Bumping To Extremities, Rubbing To Top Of Front Cover, Very Slightly Sunned Spine, And Light Soiling Overall. No Inscriptions Or Names. Solid Internally With No Cracks. " First Published August 1929 ". Dark Topstain. 269 Pages. Mcbride Colophon On Last Page. See Photos. First Printing Of First Edition.
Seller: Renaissance Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Steinbeck, John. CUP OF GOLD. Robert M. McBride & Company, New York, 1929.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo. Hardcover in original yellow cloth; no dust jacket. Author's first book, one of only 1537 printed. Boards soiled; rubbed at extremities; spine sunned; foxing to endpapers; foxing and water damage to first few pages of text; piece missing from page one (not affecting text). Scattered foxing throughout. Good copy only. KT Consignment. Shelved in Case #2. 1244328. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover. 8vo. Robert M. McBride, New York 1929. 269 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in yellow cloth with black titles present to the spine. Boards lightly rubbed and worn (spine is lightly faded). Previous owner's gift inscription present to the FFEP. Page 13 has a small closed tear present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid. From the mid-1650s through the 1660s, Henry Morgan, a pirate and outlaw of legendary viciousness, ruled the Spanish Main. He ravaged the coasts of Cuba and America, striking terror wherever he went. Morgan was obsessive. He had two driving ambitions: to possess the beautiful woman called La Santa Roja and to conquer Panama, the "cup of gold. " Steinbecks first novel and sole work of historical fiction, Cup of Gold is a lush, lyrical swashbuckling pirate fantasy, and sure to add new dimensions to readers perceptions of this all-American writer. E-215; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 269 pages
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Cup of Gold. Robert M. McBride & Company, New York, 1929.
Price: US$1600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing, first issue. Bound in publisher's original yellow cloth with titles stamped in black, lacking the dust jacket. Very Good. Cloth soiled (heavier so to spine), spine faded, pages lightly toned. The first issue of Steinbeck's first book, and one of just 1537 copies.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing of Steinbeck's first book. A very good or better copy, with a lightly faded spine, minor rubbing to the extremities, some offsetting and a very minor abrasion on the front endpaper, with a former owner bookplate to the front pastedown. Overall, in very good condition. Cup of Gold is Steinbeck's first novel and only piece of historical fiction. The book is loosely based on the pirate Henry Morgan, whose two main goals are to conquer Panama City (the "cup of gold") and to win the heart of La Santa Roja, a woman rumored to be as beautiful as the sun. Although this was his first work and is somewhat unique in plot, Cup of Gold shows the author's early interest in themes he continued to use throughout his career as a writer: piracy and myth.
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First issue of the author's first book; yellow cloth, printed in black, 269 pages, top edges stained blue. "First published August 1929" on copyright page. One of just 1537 copies printed. A very near fine copy, internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind.
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$2200.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing, first issue. 269 pp. Bound in publisher's original yellow cloth with titles stamped in black, blue topstain, lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine with a little toning to spine, subtle rubbing to cloth, a few faint stains to top edge, former owner's name on front free endpaper, offsetting to endpapers. A nice copy of the first issue of Steinbeck's first book, and one of just 1537 copies.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Cup of Gold. Robert M. McBride, New York, 1929.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First printing. An attractive copy bound in the publisher's original yellow cloth with light wear to the boards. The pages are clean with some discoloration to the endpapers from a book plate removal. There is NO writing or marks in the book. Includes the ORIGINAL front panel and front flap from the original dustjacket that is laid over a facsimile dustjacket.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John.. Cup of Gold.. NY, Robert M. McBride, 1929, 1929.
Price: US$13125.00 + shipping
Description: NY, Robert M. McBride, 1929, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Author's First Book, first issue with top edge stained and with the final black leaf present, with the rare colorful pirate dust jacket illustrated by Mahlon Blaine, one of only 1,537 copies, published when Steinbeck was 27 years old and just two weeks before the 1929 stock market crash, a historical novel about the pirate Henry Morgan rendered in a purple prose manner quite unlike his realistic descriptive storytelling that followed, Goldstone & Payne A1a, Morrow 1. Very good book in a jacket with the usual spine color fade with chipping to top and bottom of spine, jacket with internal tape reinforcement.
Seller: James M. Dourgarian, Bookman ABAA, Concord, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$15000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Steinbeck's first book oneÂofÂabout 1500 copies. The publisher printed 2476 copies, 939ÂofÂwhich were remaindered as unbound sheets. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to the extremities. Comes with the original publisher's glassine. Housed in a custom cloth case. Rare, especially in this condition. âWritten when Steinbeck was 27 years old and published in an edition of 2476 copies just two weeks before the stock market crashed, Cup of Gold is a historical romance about the life of the pirate Henry Morganâ (Valentine 1). From the mid-1650s through the 1660s, Morgan, a pirate and outlaw of legendary viciousness, ruled the Spanish Main. He ravaged the coasts of Cuba and America, striking terror wherever he went. Morgan was obsessive. He had two driving ambitions: to possess the beautiful woman called La Santa Roja and to conquer Panama, the "cup of gold." Steinbeckâs first novel and sole work of historical fiction.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Cup of Gold. Robert M. McBride & Company, NY, 1929.
Price: US$18499.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Gold cloth titled in black, dark topstain. Stated first published, August 1929. The backstrip and spine ends mildly softened, faintly cocked, topstain slightly faded. There is no black final leaf. PO name to ffep. The scarce unrestored DJ in mylar has flap price intact, the number 50 stamped to front flap, mild chipping and edge creasing. The spine is toned but the panels are brightly colored. This volume is housed in a fine custom clamshell box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Cup of Gold. Robert M. McBride, 1929.
Price: US$19500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: NY, Robert M. McBride, 1929, 1929. NY, Robert M. McBride, 1929, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Author's First Book, first issue with top edge stained and with the final black leaf present, with the rare colorful pirate dust jacket illustrated by Mahlon Blaine, unrestored, one of only 1,537 copies, published when Steinbeck was 27 years old and just two weeks before the 1929 stock market crash, a historical novel about the pirate Henry Morgan rendered in a purple prose manner quite unlike his realistic descriptive storytelling that followed, Goldstone & Payne A1a, Morrow 1. Very good book in a jacket with the usual spine color fade with chipping to top and bottom of spine, unrestored jacket with internal tape reinforcement that could probably be safely removed by an expert. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Cup of Gold. Robert M. McBride, New York, 1929.
Price: US$25000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first issue, of the author's first book. [vi], 269, [3] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First Book. FIRST EDITION of the future Nobel laureate's elusive first book, published when he was 27 years old. One of 1,537 copies (the publisher printed 2476 copies, 939 of which were remaindered as unbound sheets). This was Steinbeck's fourth attempt at a novel and was rewritten six times from an unpublished story titled "A Lady in Infra-Red," which he composed while at Stanford. "Aside from a few reviews, the only [early] recognition . was Berton Braley's 'thanks and acknowledgements' for Steinbeck's permission to use some of the incidents in a doggerel epic 'Morgan Sails the Caribbean' (1934)" (Peter Lisca, 'The Wide World of John Steinbeck,' Rutgers UP, 1958). Goldstone & Payne A1a Original yellow cloth, titled in black on front cover and spine, top edge stained blue; pictorial dust jacket designed by Mahlon Blaine (with $2.50 price present); tan cloth slipcase. The cloth in unusually bright condition; the jacket spine panel lightly faded and with wear at ends touching the top of titling, a few abrasions to front and back panels. Despite these flaws, a bright and entirely original copy of a book infrequently found in collector's condition First edition, first issue, of the author's first book.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Cup of Gold. Robert M. McBride & Co, New York, 1929.
Price: US$35000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Published, August, 1929" printed on the copyright page. This ORIGINAL sophisticated First Issue dustjacket is rich in color and has the $2.50 printed price present on the front flap. The book is bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's yellow cloth with black lettering. 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 of this TRUE FIRST EDITION in collector's condition. Includes a custom clamshell slipcase for preservation. We buy Steinbeck First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.