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Steinbeck, John.. Covici Friede Books Fall 1937.. NY, Covici Friede, 1937, 1937.
Price: US$78.75 + shipping
Description: NY, Covici Friede, 1937, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. A catalogue of its fall 1937 books which lists the signed/limited edition of John Steinbeck's The Red Pony, 9-10, then available for $10, as well as the play version of his Of Mice and Men, 25, then available for $2, it also offers works by Frank Waters, Ben Hecht, E. E. Cummings, and others, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne, or Morrow. A few extraneous pencil marks and some pencil notes, else nearly fine.
Seller: James M. Dourgarian, Bookman ABAA, Concord, CA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. OF MICE AND MEN a Play in Three Acts. Covici Friede Publishers, New York, 1937.
Price: US$747.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover; small 8vo; 172 pages. FIRST EDITION, First Printing. Grey cloth hardcovers with black lettering and a red floral design on front and spine. Stained gutters from binders' glue. Tops dyed blue, but fading. Yellowing endpapers. Bookplate on fep, bookseller's sticker on bep. The pages are yellowed but clear and clean. In a great jacket - two tone blue with white text. Lightly sunned spine. NPC, $2.00 on flap. Lightly bumped head/tail of spine. Wrapped in a new mylar jacket. VG/VG
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Price: US$834.34 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: BooK: Near Fine/, $1690.77, Reduced from. the RED PONY, #I. the Gift #2. the Great Mountains #3. the Promise. Author Signed Limited Edition Copy # 57. STEINBECK, John Covici Friede New York * * * * * 1937 September H/c. Sun Browned Brown Cloth Spine With No Title Hard Cover BooK: Near Fine/, Slight Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. Shadow Lines On Front Cover From Being Partailly Covered By Something During Storage. Cover Starting To Lift Up, Due To Exposure To Sun Light. 81 Numbered Pages Printed On Tan Paper, That Are Clean And Tight To The Spine In Fine/. Appear To Be Lightly Read. Age Tanned News Paper Article And News Paper Photo Of Author Inside Front Cover. D/j: None. Slip Case None. = Description Applies To This B00K, Only. = This Author Signed Book Has A Special Significance, Is Hard To Find, Will Be Packaged And Shipped = Carefully, To Avoid Shipping Damage And Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift, For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = No Odors, No Writing, No Names, No Rippling, Not Stuck Together, No Book Plate, Not X~Library, No Remainder Or Other Marks. This Item Will Be Sent Wrapped In Plastic, Taped Shut And In A = Corrugated Mailing B0X = To Prevent Shipping Damage So That It Will Arrive In The Description Described. Description Applies To This B00K, Only. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE. =*=* California State Law Now Requires The Following Notice Be Given: *=*=* Seller Did Not See And Was Not Present When This Item Was Signed. No Certificate Of Authenticity Is Included In This Sale/Purchase Price. If You Would Like A Certificate Of Authenticity, You Can Obtain One At Your Own Convenience And Expense, Which Is Not Included In The Purchase Price Of This Item. =*=*
Seller: L. Michael, North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. The Red Pony [SIGNED, LIMITED 1st Edition]. Covici Friede Publishers, 1937.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, limited to 699 copies. This is number 350, SIGNED BY STEINBECK on the limitation page. "Beige cloth. Front cover intersected by eight vertical and five horizontal gray rules. A rearing pony printed in red on front cover. Top edges trimmed, others untrimmed." (Goldstone & Payne, A9). Inch and a half tear to bottom back spine, and some fraying to spine ends, otherwise VERY GOOD (no names, bookplates, remainder marks, or writing of any kind, etc.) clean interior. No dust jacket, as issued. This copy comes with a custom made AS NEW clamshell box.
Seller: Agathon Books, Spokane, WA, U.S.A.
STEINBECK, JOHN. The Red Pony. Covici Friede, New York, 1937.
Price: US$1470.43 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. Flexible cream cloth boards with red pony motif on front panel. Wrapped in new glassine jacket. Housed in new slipcase. Edition limited to 699 numbered copies signed by Steinbeck. This is number 233. Near fine copy.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
John Steinbeck. The Red Pony. Covici Friede, 1937.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The coveted limited edition of The Red Pony. This is the real deal- no question that this is Steinbeck's real signature. Limited to 500 copies, this is copy #10. Considerable browning to covers, especially on spine. The title on spine is still readable, but not as well as one would prefer- see photos. The spine has slight fraying at top. In a poor original slipcase with the top completely missing, the rest just holding together. The title and handwritten number 10 are still readable on the sllipcase. Overall a nice copy of a true rarity with Steinbeck's signature. Goldstone and Payne A9a.
Seller: Green River Books, Gainesville, FL, U.S.A.
Steinbeck , John. The Red Pony. New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1937.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Quarto, flexible beige cloth, with covers and spine intersected by vertical and horizontal gray rules, and a front-cover vignette of a pony in red; contents immaculate, spine and covers soiled, with minor staining to front cover, two-inch stain on back cover; publisher's slipcase, with minor edge-wear. First edition, limited to 699 numbered copies, signed by Steinbeck, printed on handmade paper by the Pynson Printers, New York. Goldstone and Payne A9a. An attractive copy of a Steinbeck masterpiece.
Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. The Red Pony. New York Covici Friede Publishers 1937, 1937.
Price: US$1508.13 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st Limited Edition. Quarto. Original publisher's cloth boards in original, but tattered, glassine dust jacket. Spine of dust jacket perished with chips missing. Spine of book a faded. In original brown paper slipcase with title and limitation number. Slipcase rubbed with paper missing from top of spine. Fore and lower edge of textblock uncut. Small bookseller's label to front free endpaper. Printed on handmade paper, internally clean and tight. Signed by Steinbeck in the colophon. Number 229 of 699 numbered copies. An attractively printed signed limited edition of the American great John Steinbeck's novella, the Red Pony. A scare Steinbeck publication, uncommon in original glassine, even in this condition.
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Description: 81 pages. 25.5 x 17.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 343 of 699 signed by John Steinbeck, set in monotype Italian Oldstyle, printed on hand-made La Garde paper, and printed by the Pynson Printers under the supervision of Elmer Adler. Steinbeck's novella in which the first three chapters were published in magazines, 1933-1936 -- stories of a boy's life on a California ranch. Small bump front cover lower corner. Orig. pictorial cream cloth. Near fine in original publisher's slipcase
Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. The Red Pony. Covici Friede Inc., New York, 1937.
Price: US$2249.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Signed limited edition #320/699. Beige cloth covered flexible boards, stamped in gray/rust. Spine titles faded, two fingerprint- sized faint stains to front/back covers. Deckled edges. Fine acetate jacket. Original mildly rubbed slipcase, slightly split at bottom corner. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Signed by Author
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
STEINBECK, John. Red Pony. Covici Friede Publishers, New York, 1937.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: Full Description: STEINBECK, John. The Red Pony. New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1937. First edition, one of 699 copies signed by John Steinbeck, this being number 629. Large octavo ( 9 7/8 x 6 7/8 inches; 251 x 175 mm). 81, [1, limitation page] pp. Printed on handmade paper by the Pynson Printers, New York, under the supervision of Elmer Adler. Vignette of a pony in orange and gray on title-page. Original full beige cloth, stamped in gray and orange. Vignette of a pony in ornage repeated from the title-page on front cover, with date in orange roman numerals below. Spine lettered in yellow. Bottom and fore-edge uncut. With previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper. Cloth lightly foxed as usual. Still, a near fine copy. Housed in publisher's original cardboard slipcase with printed paper label. Label with matching limitation number 629 om spine. Some minor splitting to bottom of case. Still about fine. This story, containing three episodes (I. The Gift, II. The Great Mountains, III. The Promise) in the life of farm boy Jody Tiflin of the Salinas valley. The story centers on how Jody matures after the loss of his beloved red pony. Goldstone & Payne A9a. HBS 69031. $3,000.
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$3250.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, one of 699 hand-numbered copies (this being No. 186) SIGNED by the author. Front board slightly warped, else Near Fine, lacking the glassine wrapper, housed in a Very Good plus, lightly rubbed example of the publisher's slipcase.
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Red Pony. Covici Friede, 1937.
Price: US$3750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED LIMITED EDITION of 699 copies printed. This copy is authentically SIGNED BY JOHN STEINBECK. The author didn't sign many trade edtions, and most of them are forgeries. The signed/limited edition guarantees that the signature is legit, directly from the publisher. The book is in nice condition with minor wear to the spine and edges. Otherwise, the binding is tight, and the pages are clean. There is no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a sharp copy housed in a custom clamshell slipcase for preservation.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. The Red Pony. Covici Friede Publishers, New York, 1937.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited edition, signed by John Steinbeck on the limitation page. Copy letter W. While the limitation page states 699 copies were issued, this is one of an additional estimated 52 copies that were lettered. Tipped in on the front free end paper is an address label from McIntosh & Otis, Steinbeck's literary agency; though unmarked, this copy is from the estate of Eugene Winick, former president of the agency. Near Fine, with uneven toning to cloth. In a Poor, matching lettered slip case, which is fragile and incomplete, lacking the top and bottom panel.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
John Steinbeck. The Red Pony. Covici Friede, 1937.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: An outstanding example of Steinbeck's coveted limited edition of The Red Pony. This is copy 190 of the 500 printed. Covers are still the original beige color front and back. The spine is clean and very readable. There is just a bit of darkening at head of spine- see photos. In a very good slipcase that shows some wear but holding together well. Goldstone and Payne A9a.
Seller: Green River Books, Gainesville, FL, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. THE RED PONY. Covici Friede Publishers, New York, 1937.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Steinbeck, John. THE RED PONY. New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1937. First edition, limited to 699 copies, signed by the author. 4to - 7-1/16" x 10-3/16". 81pp. Printed on handmade paper by the Pynson Printers, New York, under the supervision of Elmer Adler. Vignette of a pony in red and gray on title-page. Original beige cloth. Front cover, spine and back cover intersected by eight vertical and five horizontal gray rules. Vignette of a pony in red repeated from the title-page on front cover, with date in red roman numerals below. Spine very lightly browned. Housed in the original slipcase, which is slightly browned at edges. A fine copy. Goldstone and Payne A9a.
Seller: Wallace & Clark, Booksellers, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Steinbeck , John. The Red Pony. Covici Friede Publishers, New York, 1937.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by John Steinbeck. This is the SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION of 699 copies printed. This is copy 292 with the matching publisher's slipcase that is number 292. The book is bound in the ORIGINAL cloth from the publisher. The binding is tight with minor wear to the spine. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy SIGNED by the author.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. RED PONY. Covici Friede, New York, 1937.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Signed limited first edition, this the scarce "lettered" issue meant for private distribution to friends. In addition to being lettered instead of numbered, this issue is printed on Marais handmade paper (watermarked) while the numbered copies are on La Garde paper. The limited edition originally sold for $10.00 - a large sum for the time, but sold out. The story features young Jody Tiflin and his life on his father's northern California ranch. The first edition has no illustrations; an illustrated expanded edition came out in 1945. This lettered limited edition is quite scarce. 10'' x 7''. Original tan pictorial limp cloth. No glassine, spine and rear edge faded, mark at finger slot level corresponding with the finger hole cut out on slipcase for book removal, owner bookplate tipped onto free endpaper purportedly belonging to a Covici Friede associate. Housed in the publisher's slip case with the limitation letter on the spine of the case. Slight marginal sunning to cloth. Edge of case faintly stained in two areas, else tight.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Red Pony. Covici Friede, New York, 1937.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited Edition of 699 numbered copies printed on handmade paper. This copy is SIGNED by John Steinbeck. A wonderful copy bound in the ORIGINAL tan cloth from the publisher. The binding is tight with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A beautiful copy SIGNED by the author.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. The Red Pony. Covici Friede Publishers, New York, 1937.
Price: US$9500.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION. A magnificent copy authentically SIGNED by John Steinbeck. The book is bound in the ORIGINAL cloth from the publisher. This copy is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning, and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a stunning copy with the ORIGINAL publisher's slipcase that matches the number in the book. We buy SIGNED Steinbeck First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$22500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [1937-39]. One multi-signed playbook (Of Mice and Men: A Play in Three Acts) and two original annotated scripts (first theatrical and film adaptations) previously owned by Of Mice and Men stage manager (play) and dialogue coach (film), Frank Coletti. 1)Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men: A Play in Three Acts. New York: Covici Friede, 1937. First edition, first printing; in first issue dust jacket with $2.00 price. Inscribed by John Steinbeck to Frank Coletti on a label affixed to front free endpaper; additionally signed by entire cast on "List of Characters" page, including Wallace Ford and Oscar-winner Broderick Crawford (All The King's Men), plus John F. Hamilton, Jim Robertson, and another indecipherable signature. Publisher's original beige cloth, titled in black and brown; in its original blue, beige, and white dust jacket. Very good, with spine lightly toned, some offsetting to endpapers, light creasing to pp. 125 - 128; good + unclipped dust jacket, with some toning to spine, some chipping to spine ends affecting "S" of Steinbeck and most of Friede), tear along front spine joint with a chip near middle, corners chipped, a few small chips to flap hinges, two small closed tears to bottom of rear panel, and a small spot of soiling to top of front panel. Overall, a solid copy with bright signatures. 2)Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men. 1937 Broadway production script. First edition. Original brown wrappers, Rialto Service Bureau sticker to top of front wrapper, "Of Mice and Men Sound Effects By C. J. Straight" in faded red marker to front wrapper, script bound by three metal clips, brown endpapers, "From Sam H. Harris Music Box Theater" stamped to front wrapper and front free endpaper, semi-translucent white pages. Good plus, with light staining to wrappers, a number of creases and short closed tears to wrapper edges, some rubbing to wrappers, front free endpaper detached but present, closed tear to top of first page of Act I, and some staining, creasing and soiling throughout script. Overall, a working copy of the original script. 3)Solow, Eugene. Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men. 1939 film script. First edition. Script numbered "74" to front wrapper. Ownership inscription by Coletti in pencil on front cover: "Frank Coletti / 1950 n. Argyle / Hollywood." Original brown paper front cover, white and blue three-holed pages, script bound by two metal clips (top and bottom holes), printed in black; very good, with front cover only held by bottom clip, some staining to front cover, shallow chipping to edges of front cover, some light toning and creasing to pages, and a tape repair to last page. Overall, a working copy with fascinating annotations. One of John Steinbeck's finest and most enduring achievements, Of Mice and Men (1937) tells the tragic story of George and Lennie, an unlikely pair of friends who find work at a farm during the Great Depression. The book's title, taken from Robert Burns' poem "To a Mouse," reflects the doomed dreams of the protagonists. As a result of its controversial social commentaries, Of Mice and Men has been historically subject to censorship and remains on the American Library Association's list of "Most Challenged Books of the 21st Century." Written by Steinbeck with an eye to the stage (in a letter Steinbeck calls it "a kind of playable novel, written in novel form but so scened and set that it can be played as it stands"), the book was adapted into a play the very year that it was published, staged by musical theater luminary George S. Kaufman. The play was performed at the Music Box Theatre and ran from November 23, 1937 to May 21, 1938. In 1939, the work was adapted into a critically acclaimed film directed by Lewis Milestone, starring Burgess Meredith and Lon Chaney Jr. This small archive consists of three different copies of Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men that were owned by Frank Coletti. Coletti worked as the stage manager for the 1937 theatrical production of the book and the dialogue coach f
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.