Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: "Copyright 1951 by John Steinbeck" and ""Published By The Viking Press In September 1951" stated. Year of publication on title page. Near fine hardback. NO DUST JACKET. Minor fading to gold lettering on spine. Only trivial additional signs of age/wear/previous use.
Seller: Time Tested Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
John Steinbeck. The Log from the Sea of Cortez. The Viking Press, 1951.
Price: US$186.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: binding tight, 2 partly erased pencil marks on front end page, no other markings, some fading.
Seller: COVENANT HERITAGE LIBRIS, Saint John, NB, Canada
John Steinbeck. The Log from the Sea of Cortez. Viking, 1951.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Published by the Viking Press, 1951. First edition in maroon cloth with dust jacket. Book is in very very good condition, slight bumping and rubbing to corners, the slightest shelf wear to bottom edge and tail of spine. Endpapers are nice and bright. A very small nick or hole to the hinge of back cover, through the endpaper. Interior is sharp and clean, some very slight age-toning overall. Jacket is sunned at spine and around edges of front cover, chips to edges and corners, 1" closed tear to upper left corner of front cover. Short tears at top of back cover have been mended with scotch tape. Overall lightly soiled. Flaps are mildly age-toned but unclipped.
Seller: Owl Pen Books, Greenwich, NY, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. THE LOG FROM THE SEA OF CORTEZ. Viking, 1951.
Price: US$975.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. "Published by Viking Press in September 1951". Maroon binding. Near fine in Very good plus dust jacket. Glare in the digital is from the flash.This is the narrative portion of Sea of Cortez, the report of the Steinbeck-Ricketts expedition on the Gulf of California with a new prefatory section: About Ed Ricketts. Dust jacket is price clipped with minimal chipping on the corners and the top and bottom of the spine. There is a small closed tear on the back and a crease on the bottom front corner. The spine is sunned but writing is readable. Top edge stained red. Book color is maroon. Map endpapers. Appears to be unread. Scarce in this condition. Owner's bookplate on the first title page. Clean, tight copy. (nbc)
Seller: C. Trowbridge, OZARK, MO, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. The Log from the Sea of Cortez. The Viking Press, New York, 1951.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. A magnificent copy. This copy is SIGNED by John Steinbeck on a laid in signature. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is vibrant in color with a hint of wear to the edges. This First Issue dustjacket has the publisher's printed price present on the front flap. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight and the boards are crisp with slight wear to the edges. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a superb copy SIGNED by the author. We buy SIGNED Steinbeck First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.