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Steinbeck, John. Nothing So Monstrous. Pynson Printers, New York, 1936.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Description: Illustrated by Donald McKay. This copy has penciled notes on the front endpaper (and a sheet of typed and penciled notes laid in) from Peter Howard (Serendipity Books) partially revising Goldstone's 370 copy limitation. The volume is edge rubbed with bumped corners, the spine area is unevenly soiled, and the ends are professionally touched-up. In additional to aforementioned penciled notes, there is occasional light soiling and the volume is a bit over opened at the presentation page.
Seller: Trilby & Co. Books, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
STEINBECK, JOHN. NOTHING SO MONSTROUS. The Pynson Printers, New York, 1936.
Price: US$523.58 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: pp: [1-4]5-31 [1]. Bound in marbled boards over an orange cloth spine lettered in black. The first separate publication of this story that first appeared in 'The Pastures of Heaven'. It was issued with a new title and a new epilogue written by Steinbeck.One of 370 copies printed. The copy was bought by Carolyn Wells for herself. It is also signed by Elmer Adler, F.B. Adams, and John Winterich.
Seller: MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS, UXBRIDGE, ON, Canada
STEINBECK, John. Nothing So Monstrous. The Pynson Printers, 1936.
Price: US$675.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Separate edition. 8vo. Illustrated with pen and ink drawings by Donald McKay. Original 1/2 black stamped orange cloth over patterned boards. No dust jacket (as issued). Very good (minor rubbing to corners). 31 pages. Bookplate of Paul Jordan Smith on the front pastedown (L.A. Times book reviewer). One of 370 copies. This copy has no subscriber imprint and the space for recipient¿s name is blank. Goldstone & Payne A2f.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Nothing so Monstrous. Pynson Printers, NY, 1936.
Price: US$699.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Cloth-backed marbled boards. Presentation copy; states "This copy of Nothing so Monstrous with pen and ink drawings by Donald McKay was made by The Pynson Printers of New York at the request of Walter Sanders and Carroll Sanders for presentation to Lillian and Russell Krob. December, nineteen thirty six. " One of 370 copies. Board edges rubbed, points frayed, some darkening to gutters, apparently from original glue; mild thumbing to pages. The first separate publication of Nothing So Mounstrous, which originally was one of the episodes in The Pastures of Heaven (1932.) No DJ as issued. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 31 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Nothing So Monstrous: A Story. The Pynson Printers, New York, 1936.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: As the book's Acknowledgment states, "This is the first separate publication of Nothing So Monstrous, which originally formed one of the episodes in The Pastures of Heaven, . . . The epilogue was written specially for this book. December, 1936." This is one of 376 copies published by Pynson for six individuals: Elmer Adler (50 copies), Frederick Adams (100), Ben Abramson (150), Howard Mott (20), Edwin Beinecke (50), and Steinbeck (6). This is an Adler copy, with the presentation page at the back of the book reading, "This copy of Nothing So Monstrous with pen and ink drawings by Donald McKay was made by The Pynson Printers of New York at the request of [signed] Elmer Adler, for presentation to [handwritten] Louise Huger. December Nineteen thirty-six." Huger went on to become the editor for the Letters to the Editor department for The New York Times, from 1946 to 1968. The marbled clothbound boards are heavily worn at the corners and spine ends, with the top inch of the spine missing. Lacking the original glassine jacket; Mylar protected.
Seller: Black Falcon Books, Wellesley, MA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Nothing So Monstrous. Pynson Printers, New York, 1936.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First separate edition, printed for presentation, but without an information inked in at the limitation page. Publisher's quarter cloth over marbled paper boards. A Near Fine copy, with faint sunning to spine and small split to cloth to the front joint near the crown; gentle bumps to corners. Internally fresh and unread. A pleasing copy. The first separate printing of the Junius Maltby story that formed a portion of Steinbeck's novel The Pastures of Heaven. Here in a lovely fine paper copy made for presentation by the Pynson Printers.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
STEINBECK, John.. Nothing So Monstrous.. Pynson Printers], [New York, 1936.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: 31 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth-backed marbled boards. First edition; this copy presented by the publisher to "The Lowenthals" on the colophon page. A near fine copy (slight shelf wear to bottom edge).
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
STEINBECK, JOHN. Nothing So Monstrous. Pynson Printers, New York, 1936.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Separate Edition. Marbled boards and orange cloth spine. An episode from Steinbeck s second book, The Pastures of Heaven, with a new epilogue by the author. One of only 370 copies for presentation by five different subscribers as Christmas gifts, this one presented by Elmer Adler to Random House co-founder Donald Klopfer. Near fine with some very light shelfwear, without dustjacket as issued.
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. NOTHING SO MONSTROUS a Story. The Pynson Printers, NY, 1936.
Price: US$889.92 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Limited edition, presentation copy from Frederick B. Adams, Jr. to Major Baker from North Africa, May 1943, bound in 1/4 orange cloth over marbled paper covered baords, a beautiful copy, nearly fine with only the slightest of wear to corners and head of spine.
Seller: The Antiquarian Shop, Bend, OR, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Nothing So Monstrous. Pynson Printers, New York, 1936.
Price: US$998.00 + shipping
Description: 1st edition thus. 8vo. 30, (1)pp. Printed as Christmas gifts for 5 subscribers - 50 copies for Elmer Adler, 100 for Frederick B. Adams, Jr., 150 for Ben Abramson, 50 for Edwin J. Beinecke, and 20 for Howard Mott. This is one of the Beinecke copies with presentation at rear stating "This copy of Nothing So Monstrous with pen and ink drawings by Donald McKay was made by the Pynson Printers of New York at the request of EdwinJ. Beinecke for presentation to Dr. J. A. Giles December Nineteen Thirty-Six." Additional PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION by Beinecke to ffep and with his gilt & red leather bookplate. Marbled boards, orange buckram spine, printed in black. Light wear to extremities else a fine copy. The first separate publication of Nothing So Monstrous, which originally formed one of the episodes in Steinbeck's The Pastures of Heaven, published in 1932. (Goldsotone and Payne A2f). Next day shipping. Celebrating our 20th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.
Seller: Carpe Diem Fine Books, ABAA, Monterey, CA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John.. Nothing So Monstrous.. NY, Pynson Printers, Dec. 1936, 1936.
Price: US$1050.00 + shipping
Description: NY, Pynson Printers, Dec. 1936, first edition thus. First separate printing of the Junius Maltby story from Steinbeck's second book, The Pastures of Heaven, bound with marbled boards and orange cloth spine, issued without jacket, one of only 370 copies, pen and ink drawings by Donald McKay, designed to be used as a Christmas gift for the use of Ben Abramson, Elmer Adler, Frederick B. Adams Jr., Edwin J. Beinecke, and Howard Mott, it includes Steinbeck's epilogue written especially for this book, Goldstone & Payne A2f, this copy has the printed colophon which indicates that this copy was prepared at the request of Elmer Adler for presentation to Patricia S. Huntington, Goldstone & Payne A2f, see Morrow 16. Edgewear, else fine.
Seller: James M. Dourgarian, Bookman ABAA, Concord, CA, U.S.A.
STEINBECK, John. Nothing So Monstrous. Pynson Printers, New York, 1936.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Separate Edition (originally published in *The Pastures of Heaven*, 1932). An unusually fine, fresh copy with the corners square and virtually unrubbed. Goldstone notes that the paper supply allowed only 370 copies to be printed. Published for subscribers to use as Christmas gifts, the colophon was customized with the subscriber's name following "made by the Pynson Printers of New York at the request of [blank] for presentation to [blank]." 50 copies were so designated for Elmer Adler, 100 for Frederick B. Adams, Jr., 150 for Ben Abramson, 50 for Edwin J. Beinecke, and 20 for antiquarian bookseller Howard Mott (although evidently fewer were issued with his name; only one is known). Unknown to Goldstone, there were six copies for Steinbeck as well. This copy has the subscriber's name, *The Colophon,* handwritten in for presentation to the noted printer Carl P. Rollins. Additionally this copy is Signed by the subscribers Adams and Adler, as well as by bookman John T. Winterich. All three were editors of *The Colophon,* a magazine for book collectors. Rollins was the first "University Printer" at Yale. *Goldstone* A2f.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
STEINBECK, John. Nothing So Monstrous. Pynson Printers, New York, 1936.
Price: US$1900.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Illustrations by Donald McKay. Thin 8vo, marbled boards with orange cloth spine; very minor edge-wear. (New York: Pynson Printers, 1936). Limited First Edition. Of 370 copies this is one of 50 made at the request of Edwin J. Beinecke, who has presented it to Robert Borthwick Adam, of the famous book collecting family. Borthwick's name is inscribed in the colophon, and there is an additional Christmas greeting on the front fly-leaf to Adam signed by Beinecke whose leather bookplate is affixed to the end-paper, and has offset onto the fly-leaf.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John.. Nothing So Monstrous.. NY, Pynson Printers, December 1936, 1936.
Price: US$2625.00 + shipping
Description: NY, Pynson Printers, December 1936, first edition. This hardcover with marbled boards and orange cloth spine is the first separate printing of the Junius Maltby story from Steinbeck's second book, The Pastures of Heaven, Goldstone & Payne A2f, see Morrow 16, issued here with a new title and an epilogue written especially for this book by Steinbeck, it is one of only 370 copies for presentation by a number of subscribers to be used as a Christmas gift, it includes pen and ink drawings by Donald McKay, this is a most interesting Association Copy made at the request of Rockwell Kent who has Signed his name on the presentation page where the requester's name was to have been inserted, Kent then added the word "himself" in the area where the presentee's name was to have been filled in, Kent was the "house" artist for the Pynson Printers, the book is also Signed by Elmer Adler, F. B. Adams, and John Winterich, Sally and Rockwell Kent's modest bookplate affixed to the front pastedown, now housed in Kent's custom slipcase. Fine.
Seller: James M. Dourgarian, Bookman ABAA, Concord, CA, U.S.A.