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Steinbeck, John. The Short Reign of Pippin IV - A Fabrication. Heinemann, London, 1957.
Price: US$6.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 164 pages (complete). Ex-library (John Orr's Lending Libraries) copy with consequent residue, debris, labels, annotations, stamps, wear and tear. In general fair condition. The blue board cover is firm and assured. Aside from the library debris the book is in clear, clean and genial condition. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Steinbeck, John. The Short Reign of Pippin IV. A Fabrication;. London, Heinemann, 1957;, 1957.
Price: US$6.42 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition; Very Good/ No Dw; Hbk; 164pp; Navy covers with silver title on spine. Satirical novel.
Seller: Wheen O' Books, Selkirk, United Kingdom
STEINBECK, John.. The Short Reign of Pippin IV.. London, Heinemann 1957., 1957.
Price: US$8.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Hardcover. Edges and endpapers foxed, bookseller's label on front paste-down, matching impression on fly-leaf, lacks jacket, o/w very good. Postage within Australia for this small/light book is set at $3 ($6 overseas), so please disregard any site default rate, which will be adjusted downwards when the order is processed by the bookseller.
Seller: Larsen Books, Exeter, NSW, Australia
Price: US$8.96 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1957. 164 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Text is clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Book has a slight forward lean. Moderate bump to lower edge of front board.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
John Steinbeck. The Short Reign of Pippin IV: a Fabrication. Melbourne ; London : Heinemann, 1957.
Price: US$8.98 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1957. First Edition. 164 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Light foxing and tanning to pages, pastedowns and free endpapers. More prominent to text block edges. Binding is very slightly loose but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild water staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Price: US$8.98 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 164 pages. Dustjacket bronzed to spine with wear and a 1cm loss to bottom spine-end, splits to hinge-ends and rear opening edge, wear to corners, some light yellowing/light foxing, unclipped. Hardback binding has a forward lean, wear/small creases to spine-ends, light wear to boards' corners. Pages are clean and sound.
Seller: Sarah Zaluckyj, KINGTON, United Kingdom
Steinbeck, John. The Short Reign of Pippin IV.. Heinemann, London, 1957.
Price: US$10.04 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 164pp. Or blue cloth in jacket. Pages toned at edges with considerable foxing throughout. Jacket with minimal edge wear, price-clipped, darkened at spine and toned at edges. First UK of one of Steinbeck's lesser literary works. Size: 8vo
Seller: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, QLD, Australia
Price: US$11.02 + shipping
Description: 164 S. Umschlag mit minimaler Fehlstelle an Rückenoberkante. Sonst schönes Exemplar. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 0 Blauer Original-Pappeinband mit Schutzumschlag.
Seller: Antiquariat Güntheroth, Herzberg Mark, Germany
Steinbeck, John. The Short Reign of Pippin IV. Melbourne/London/Toronto, Heinemann, 1957.
Price: US$11.02 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Original blue cloth with dust jacket.; Name and date with pencil on endpaper; verso dust jacket reinforced on corners.
Seller: Klondyke, Almere, Netherlands
Steinbeck, John. The Short Reign of Pippin IV. William Heinemann, London, 1957.
Price: US$11.05 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 164 pp, with original illustrated dustjacket. Slight darkening of the spine section of the jacket, which is illustrated by Osbert Lancaster. John Steinbeck's new book is a delightful extravaganza about French politics -- and various other matters. there is foxing of the front edge of the pages. The dustjacket has an SBN which did not exist in 1957, and a price sticker from the publisher has been placed at the bottom of the front fold over flap. I can only assume that this is a copy that was printed in 1957, and put into storage, and then released by the publisher later with a newly printed dustjacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 0244670.
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$12.05 + shipping
Description: Hardback, 13.5x20.5cm, 164pp. Good condition (light wear; faded at upper edge; age-toned pages; light foxing at edges) in good dustwrapper (general wear; sun-darkened and chipped at spine and edges; some silverfish damage at lower edges; 1.5cm tear at front upper RH corner). Pictures available on request. Wrapper design by Osbert Lancaster.
Seller: City Basement Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$12.05 + shipping
Description: 8vo (20.5x13.5cm), hardback, prelims + 164pp. Good condition in good dustwrapper (price clipped, sunned edges and spine, some foxing, rubbed, 1cm tear to upper left front, some insect damage to lower edge of rear flap). Bumped, age-toned, foxed, penned note 'Father's Day 1957' at upper left corner of front pastedown. Pictures available on request. Wrapper design by Osbert Lancaster.
Seller: City Basement Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$12.05 + shipping
Description: 8vo (20.5x13.5cm), hardback, prelims + 164pp. Good condition in good dustwrapper (price clipped, sunned edges and spine, some foxing, rubbed, spine extremities chipped, lower spine surface lightly chipped, 1cm tear to upper left rear, grubby, foxed). Bumped, age-toned, lightly foxed, notation in red ink at upper left of rear pastedown. Pictures available on request. Wrapper design by Osbert Lancaster.
Seller: City Basement Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Steinbeck, John. The Short Reign Of Pippin IV. Heinemann, London, 1957.
Price: US$12.82 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Ex library copy with usual stamps and marks inside, library binding with DJ bound in. ; Nice tight copy. ; 164 pages; A sparkling comedy of a little Frenchman who did not want to be king; his film-mad daughter Clotilde; and his chief advisor, a wise nun who learnt about life as a nude in the Folies Bergere. Ex-Lib
Seller: Darkwood Online T/A BooksinBulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
STEINBECK, John.:. The Short Reign of Pippin IV.. London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1957.
Price: US$12.83 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Hardcover. 164pp. Trace of erasure top corner of f.e.p., V.g. in slightly tanned price-clipped d/w with minor loss extremties of spine.
Seller: Peter Scott, Portslade, United Kingdom
Steinbeck, John. The Short Reign of Pippin IV. Heinemann, London, 1957.
Price: US$12.83 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Steinbeck, John. The Short Reign of Pippin IV. A Fabrication. William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1957.
Price: US$15.40 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, some overall browning and spotting to fabulous unfaded jacket by Osbert Lancaster, some foxing to page fore edges, price clipped, small previous owner's name to ffep, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy for its age. 164pp. Steinbeck's only work of political satire turns the French Revolution on its head, as amateur astronomer Pippin Heristal is drafted in to rule the unruly French. Enchanting comedy ensues as Steinbeck creates the most hilarious royal court ever around the brief, bold reign of the corduroy clad Pippin, his social climbing wife Maria, his starstruck daughter Clotilde and her Californian beau, Todd. Featuring a motley crew of courtiers and con men, guards and gardeners, Steinbeck's late comic novel is an entrancing read about politics, power and the daily struggle not to lose one's head!
Seller: The Print Room, Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom
Steinbeck, John. The short Reign of Pippin IV.. Heinemann, London 1957,, 1957.
Price: US$18.74 + shipping
Description: Oln., originalgetreuer Umschlag (Faksimile),164s., guter Zustand. [LSA54,2b]. Deutsch 400g
Seller: Antiquariat Petri, Jena, Germany
Price: US$19.84 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 164 p. Very good copy. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 300 Original cloth with dust jacket
Seller: Chiemgauer Internet Antiquariat GbR, Altenmarkt, BAY, Germany
STEINBECK, John.. Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication.. Heinemann,, London:, 1957.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First British edition. Slight spine slant, else very good in a good (age darkened, chipped at the spine ends) dust jacket.
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Probable 1st Australian edition as Melbourne is listed first on the title page otherwise the same. This copy came from Japan. Not in Goldston & Payne. 1st issue blue boards. Foxing to prelims and dust jacket flaps as is common with books from Japan otherwise a nice bright dust jacket without chip or tear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB), Port Colborne, ON, Canada
STEINBECK, John.. The Short Reign of Pippin IV. A Fabrication.. London, Heinemann 1957., 1957.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Hardcover. Edges foxed, otherwise very good in like price-clipped dustjacket (one small professionally closed tear), designed by Osbert Lancaster. Postage within Australia for this small/light book is set at $5, so please disregard any site default rate, which will be adjusted downwards before the order is processed by the bookseller.
Seller: Larsen Books, Exeter, NSW, Australia
Steinbeck, John. The Short Reign of Pippin IV. A Fabrication by .. William Heinemann, London, 1957.
Price: US$20.08 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG+/VG+. 8vo. original blue boards (a little rubbed & bumped, bookplate to front pastedown, slight rems. of label to FFE, top edges slightly dustmarked) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, a little rubbed, spine toned); pp. [vi (last blank)], 164. A very good copy of the first issue.
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
Steinbeck, John. The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication.. William Heinemann, London, 1957.
Price: US$20.09 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Uk Edition and First issue in blue cloth and Silver gilt titles. Gift inscription to fep. Light foxing to prelims and page edges. The jacket has a shallow chip and tiny closed tears.
Seller: The Secret Bookshop, Tararua, New Zealand
Steinbeck, John. The Short Reign of Pippin IV. William Heinemann, London, 1957.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Book is a First Printing. Dustjacket is a later printing with an early ISBN number and updated price, probably around 1971. Other copies with this matching of a later dustjacket (probably by the publisher to unsold stock) to a first edition book have been noted. 2.50 pounds price is present. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box.
Seller: Cahill Rare Books, Mission Viejo, CA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. The Short Reign of Pippin IV. Heinemann, London, 1957.
Price: US$25.10 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 350 g; 164 pp, with original illustrated dustjacket. Slight darkening of the spine section of the jacket, and an abrasion just below and to the right of the title on the spine as can be seen in the attached photograph of the book dustjacket, which is illustrated by Osbert Lancaster. John Steinbeck's new book is a delightful extravaganza about French politics -- and various other matters. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Osbert Lancaster Did the Jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 0256373.
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Steinbeck, John. The Short Reign of Pippin IV. Heinemann, London, 1957.
Price: US$29.97 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: DJ clipped, no internal markings or imprints. Collectible Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Wayward Books, south dartmouth, MA, U.S.A.
STEINBECK, John. THE SHORT REIGN OF PIPPIN IV A Fabrication. Heinemann ( 1957 ), London, 1957.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12mo, 164 pages, first variant of blue cloth; tips of spine nicked; inked xmas inscription at front, inked name at rear. intact price of 12s 6d. [Goldstone & Payne A36b; Morrow 242]. Illustrated by Osbert Lancaster on the dj.
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. The Short Reign of Pippin IV. Heinemann, London, 1957.
Price: US$33.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. [6], 164, [2] pp. Blue cloth stamped in silver with the Windmill blind stamped on the rear board. Price of 12s 6d on front flap of jacket. First printing of the first English edition. Goldstone & Payne A36b. Very Good book with a lean in a Very Good age-toned dust jacket with some light edge wear and a tiny discoloration to the spine panel.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John.. The Short Reign of Pippin IV. A Fabrication.. William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1957.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Impression. A Near Fine copy in dark blue textured paper covered boards, in a Fine illustrated dustwrapper, not price-clipped, one tiny closed tear lower rear panel. 164pp. Q13751
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.27 + shipping
Description: Slight foxing. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 164 p.; 24 cm. Summary; A satire on French politics follows the fate of amateur astronomer Pippin Heristal after he is drafted to rule the unruly French. Bored, Pippin is instrumental in starting a revolution. Subjects; Political satire. France - Politics and government - Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
STEINBECK, John. The Short Reign of Pippin IV. Heinemann, London, 1957.
Price: US$36.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Housed in a VG dustwrapper that is darkened, shows foxing slight watermark to bottom corner (not extending to book). Virtuall no edgwear -- Still, a collectible copy of the first British edition of this short Steinbeck novel.
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. The Short Reign of Pippin IV. Heinemann, London, 1957.
Price: US$37.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Book is fine and unmarked. Jacket has a few small, light amber spots to the bottom corner and the rear foreedge, and is otherwise fine, bright, clean and unclipped. Protected by a Mylar cover, an attractive copy.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. THE SHORT REIGN OF PIPPIN IV. Heinemann, LONDON, 1957.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: An immaculate copy in an attractive jacket with jacket having only the most miniscule of wear - barely negligible.
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. The Short Reign of Pippin IV. William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1957.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: Book condition is Very Good bound in full blue cloth covered boards; with a Very Good dust jacket. Some toning, foxing and edge wear to jacket. Interior is evenly toned throughout. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 8vo. 8"h x 5 1/4"w.
Seller: Evolving Lens Bookseller, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. The Short Reign of Pippin IV. First British Edition, 1957. Heinemann, London, 1957.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Original cloth, near fine with gift inscription on front free endpaper. The dust jacket is fine with the original price on the front flap.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication.. William Heinemann, London, 1957.
Price: US$45.93 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Uk Edition and First issue in blue cloth and Silver gilt titles. Book has a pencil erasure to the ffep, a book store sticker to the front paste down, Some very, very light soiling to the fore-edges. The jacket is price clipped, is dulled down on the spine, has one closed tear to the rear and very minor edgewear. 8vo. 164pp.
Seller: The Secret Bookshop, Tararua, New Zealand
Price: US$48.40 + shipping
Description: Slight foxing. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 164 p.; 24 cm. Summary; A satire on French politics follows the fate of amateur astronomer Pippin Heristal after he is drafted to rule the unruly French. Bored, Pippin is instrumental in starting a revolution. Subjects; Political satire. France - Politics and government - Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. The Short Reign of Pippin IV. Heinemann, London, 1957.
Price: US$49.97 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: DJ unclipped, 12s 6d, no internal markings or imprints. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Wayward Books, south dartmouth, MA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. THE SHORT REIGN OF PIPPIN IV. Heinemann, London, 1957.
Price: US$51.33 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 164pp. Wrapper design by Osbert Lancaster. Size: 8vo
Seller: THOMAS RARE BOOKS, Yaxley, SUFFOLK, United Kingdom
Price: US$52.90 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 164p. ; 24cm. Subjects: Political satire. France -- Politics and government -- Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
STEINBECK, John.. The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication.. London, Heinemann [1957]., 1957.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First English edition (so stated; reset). 8vo. Original silver stamped blue cloth. Dust jacket designed by Osbert Lancaster (unclipped; few nicks; browning to front cover; small stain). Very good. Small foxing spot at foredge. 164 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Goldstone & Payne A36b (also notes later binding in red cloth).
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John; Lancaster, Osbert. The Short Reign of Pippin IV. London Heinemann 1957, 1957.
Price: US$57.75 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Published by Heinemann in London, 1957. This is a very good copy. The dust wrapper, finely illustrated by Osbert Lancaster, is toned at the top edge and the spine. It has not been price clipped and shows the original 12s 6d net price - stain to the fore-edge. The blue cloth boards no chips or marks to note. The text blocks are bright and white throughout. This copy is free from previous owners ink and is, overall, in very good condition with some v-shaped losses to the spine tips. Pippin IV explores the life of Pippin Héristal, an amateur astronomer in 1950s France, who is suddenly proclaimed the King of France. Unknowingly appointed to give the Communists a monarchy to revolt against, Pippin is chosen because he was descended from the famous king Charlemagne.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
STEINBECK, John.. The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication.. London, Heinemann [1957]., 1957.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First English edition (so stated; reset). 8vo. Original silver stamped blue cloth. Dust jacket designed by Osbert Lancaster (price clipped; few nicks). Very good. 164 pages. Inscription on front pastedown marked out by black marker. Goldstone & Payne A36b (also notes later binding in red cloth).
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
JOHN STEINBECK. THE SHORT REIGN OF PIPPIN IV. Heinemann, London, 1957.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First British edition, first printing. Jacket designed by Osbert Lancaster, First issue binding of blue cloth silver lettering. A few spots of foxing to top page eges else a FINE book (appears unread) in a very nearly fine jacket( barest trace of tan to spine,
Seller: THE USUAL SUSPECTS (IOBA), St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Price: US$67.60 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 164p. ; 24cm. Subjects: Political satire. France -- Politics and government -- Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
John Steinbeck. The Short Reign of Pippin IV. Heinemann, London, 1957.
Price: US$70.58 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first U.K. edition of Steinbeck's only political satire, satirising mid-century French politics. The first U.K. edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'The Short Reign of Pippin IV' is Steinbeck's only political satire, poking fun at French politics by following the life of the amateur astronomer Pippin Heristal, who is suddenly proclaimed the King of France.Written by the Nobel Prize winning author John Steinbeck.Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. A few odd spots to the top edge. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. Dustwrapper with faint edgewear and light discolouration. A couple of light spots to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Steinbeck, John. The Short Reign of Pippin IV: a Fabrication. Heinemann, London, 1957.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: (1st English) Purchased in Denmark. Slightly smaller book, colorful DJ beneath mylar, lightly browned at top front and top back edges, spine almost uniformly browned, very tiny nick at spine bottom right edge. 164 pages. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.
Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.
John Steinbeck. The Short Reign of Pippin IV. Heinemann, London, 1957.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing of the First British Edition. Jacket is tanned, with light edge and corner wear and 1/4 inch chip at tail of spine. Book is Fine with slight fading to top edges and toning to page edges. From the William Ripley Collection.
Seller: Kaleidoscope Books & Collectibles, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
STEINBECK, John.. The Short Reign of Pippin IV - A Fabrication.. Heinemann, London., 1957.
Price: US$141.16 + shipping
Description: First U.K. edition. Octavo. pp [vi], 164. A satirical novella in which the monarchy is restored to France.Fine in fine, price-clipped dustwrapper designed by Osbert Lancaster.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
STEINBECK, John. The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication. Heinemann, London, 1957.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First English edition. A touch cocked else fine in very good dustwrapper that is a bit toned and with several green spots on the front. Distinctive ownership Signature of Elsa Schiaparelli on front free endpaper. Schiaparelli was one of the world's premiere designers during the 1930s, who pioneered numerous now-iconic fashions elements such as the divided skirt, trompe-l'oeil detailing, synthetic materials, and exposed fasteners, and as well as incorporated surrealist designed into her work through her collaboration with Jean Cocteau and Salvador Dali.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. The Short Reign Of Pippin IV; A Fabrication. Heinemann, London, 1957.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Small octavo, 164pp. Blue cloth, title in silver on spine. Stated "First published 1957" on copyright page. Slight lean to text block, a near fine example. Previous ownership inscription in pencil on front free endpaper. In the publisher's dust jacket, 12s 6d price on front flap. Sunning to spine and edges of front panel, a near fine example. Jacket design by Osbert Lancaster.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
STEINBECK, JOHN.. The Short Novels of John Steinbeck. London: Heinemann, 1957, 1957.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Description: Later edition. A very good copy. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author, "For Betty and Gerard Wellesley with many thanks this pot pourri (some say de chambre) is affectionately inscribed, John Steinbeck, Hedge Hoy Corner 1958.' All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.