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Steinbeck, John. Their Blood is Strong. Simon J. Lublin Society of California, San Francisco, 1938.
Price: US$299.96 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Stapled soft cover with pictorial wraps in fair condition. Fourth printing from December 1938, first printed in April of same year. Wraps coming detached from staples, rubbing wear to exterior. Pages are bright and clean. A good resource copy of this rare text. Questions welcome. We ship internationally from the United States and Canada every week. If buying internationally, please be aware that additional charges may apply for heavier books. We guarantee a safe, quick, and secure transaction. 10+ years in online bookselling experience.
Seller: Encore Books, Montreal, QC, Canada
Steinbeck, John. Their Blood is Strong. Simon J. Lublin Society of California, San Francisco, 1938.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: Fourth printing from December 1938, published seven months after the first printing. Very good in wrappers with small rubbed area at top left white space of front cover, and minor soiling to a few other spots of cover (none particularly obtrusive). Light rubbing to corners and small clear tape repair to inside edge of rear cover, otherwise clean and tight. A very nice copy of this important Steinbeck item.
Seller: Magus Books of Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
STEINBECK, John. Their Blood is Strong. Simon J. Lublin Society of California, San Francisco, 1938.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Fourth printing. Octavo. 33, [3]pp. Stapled photographically illustrated wrappers. Both wraps detached, one tiny corner creased, light overall wear, good or better.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: 33 pages plus 2 page description of the Simon J. Lubin Society of California and its mission and work supporting the rural farmer, the rural worker and the consumer of farm produce. B/W cover photographs and text photograph by Dorothea Lange for Farm Security Administration. The first seven chapters were published by the San Francisco News in October, 1936. The Epilogue was added in Spring, 1938. Goldstone & Payne A10. Third printing, June, 1938. A near fine copy in photographically illustrated wrappers (paperback). Front cover with edge creases and small chip missing from bottom edge.
Seller: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Their Blood is Strong. Simon J. Lublin Society, San Francisco, 1938.
Price: US$649.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Original stapled softcover. Third printing, June 1938. Slight foxing to covers else tight and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
John Steinbeck. Their Blood Is Strong. Simon J. Lubin Society, 1938.
Price: US$795.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine Copy Of This Very Scarce Pamphlet.California's Dust Bowl Migrants. Rare In This Condition First In April This Is May 1938 Printing Beautiful Copy.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Their Blood is Strong. Simon J. Lubin Society, San Francisco, 1938.
Price: US$1199.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stapled pictorial wraps. First edition, April 1938. Rubbing to spine, creasing to rear covers, slight tear around staple to rear cover and trace soil to covers. Sound and unmarked with only a hint of reading wear to pages. Scarce. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 34 pages
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: 33 [2] pp. 8vo, publisher's wrappers illustrated from photographs. First edition, first issue. Goldstone & Payne A10a. A beautiful copy; only the very slightest signs of use appear on the wrappers.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: Full Description: STEINBECK, John. [LANGE, Dorothea]. "Their Blood Is Strong." San Francisco: Simon J. Lubin Society of California, Inc., 1938. First edition, first issue in book form. Illustrated by Dorothea Lange's photos. Octavo (8 7/8 x 5 7/8 inches; 225 x 150 mm). [4], 35, [1, blank] pp. With Lange's iconic black and white photographs of migrant workers on front and back wrappers and two photos of camps in the text. Original photographic wrappers. Front wrapper with some minor creasing to outer corner. Back wrapper with some minor chipping along fore-edge. Still, a near fine copy of this fragile item. Housed in a black morocco portfolio. First publisherd as articles for the San Francisco News, this pamphlet was a precursor to Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. "When he [Steinbeck] wrote for serial publication in the San Francisco News the articles about the migratory agricultural workers in California he has already become established by his success with fiction, "Tortilla Flat" and "of Mice and Men". His articles had extensive reading. They helped people to realize the deplorable conditions that existed nearby, in many instances right under their eyes. It was inevitable that they should be republished together." (From the Introduction) "The Simon J. Lubin Society is deeply appreciative of the cooperation received from the San Francisco News, who in October 1936 published the seven chapters that for the bulk of this pamphlet; and especially grateful to John Steinbeck for his permission to use this material. The photographs were taken for the Farm Security Administration by Dorthea Lange." (From the Colophon). Goldstone & Payne A10. HBS 69032. $2,000.
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.