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John Steinbeck. Tortilla Flat. Viking Adult January 1935, 1935.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. An exact facsimile of the Covici Friede first edition published in 1935.
Seller: Open Books West Loop, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Corey, Lewis. The Crisis of the Middle Class. Covici & Friede - New York, 1935.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Black textured cloth on boards with bright, as new gilt lettering on spine. Book is tight, square, sharp-cornered and totally free of markings or flaws inside or out. Laid-in is a small advertising flyer for another title from the same publisher: "Cheers! for the new novel by John Steinbeck - In Dubious Battle - by the author of Tortilla Flat." Top edge dyed red. Unclipped Dust Jacket has fantastic deco design with big block lettering on the cover, and shows original price of $2.50. Cover has red and black background colors with black and white lettering on front and spine. Verso mimics front. Red on spine has faded to grey. Very little scuffing or shelfwear to DJ - some minor rubbing at top and bottom of spine. Louis C. Fraina, as he was born in southern Italy, was a founder of the American Communist Party in 1919. Breaking with the party (not entirely by choice) and later with Marxism, he emerged as Louis Corey and became a left-wing intellectual, writing for The New Republic, became a fellow of the Brookings Institution, a founder (with Reinhold Niebuhr and others) of the Union for Democratic Action/Americans for Democratic Action and a professor at Antioch College. While there, he was hounded by the forces of McCarthyism. Fantastic copy of a scarce book - particularly scarce in this condition, with the DJ. 379pp. 1st/1st
Seller: Barberry Lane Booksellers, Bar Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
John Steinbeck: Ruth Gannett (illust.). Tortilla Flat. Covici Friede, 1935.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Steinbecks first hit, the adventures and misadventures of a group of Mexican paisanos in Monterey, CA. Deckle fore-edge. Some weakening of hinges, soiling of boards and spine. 7th printing of 1st Ed.
Seller: Quailcottage Books, Richmond, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Orig. published by Covici Friede in 1935, this is the first reprint edition from Grosset & Dunlap, identical to that edition & retaining the original internal illustrations & DJ art of Ruth Gannett, in 317 pages. From a single collector's estate, this hardcover book has beige textured cloth over boards with red design & lettering to front & spine. Condition is Near Fine: exceptionally clean, with a tiny blue smudge to top edge of front board. Binding straight & strong. Pages show mild tanning to all pages, heavier around edges. Old gift inscription in neat pen dated 1938 inside front cover. The bottom-clipped DJ is VG+, marred only by spine fading, a ink smudge under the title "A" on front, & some mild chipping at corners/lower spine. Beautifully protected in new mylar cover. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Tortilla Flat. Covici * Friede * Publishers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$102.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: States "Fifth printing, August 1935." (The first printing was May, 1935.) Blue topstain. Previous Owners' Names to FFE. NO dust jacket. Victor Fleming's 1942 film starred Spencer Tracy, John Garfield, and the incomparable Hedy Lamarr. (Leading man Garfield, born Jacob Garfinkle to Ukrainian Jewish immigrants in New York, reportedly replaced Anthony Quinn [Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca, 1915-2001], who would have been the only major cast member of actual Mexican extraction. So pretty much the whole cast had to fake their Hispanic accents, which critics complained "came and went" from scene to scene. Lamarr, of course, was an Austrian Jew of Hungarian-Ukrainian parentage, infamous for her nude scenes in the German film "Ecstasy," who'd done well in "Algiers" and "White Cargo," but who chose poorly, here. To play Dolores "Sweets" Ramirez in "Tortilla Flats," she turned down the role of Ilsa Lund, in . . . "Casablanca." 317 pp. Reduced from $195.
Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.
John Steinbeck. Tortilla Flat. Covici Friede, New York. NY, 1935.
Price: US$103.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: NYC: Covici Friede, 1935. 1st edition, 2nd printing, G/. No jacket. Book has 1/4 inch tear at top of spine, wear & some fraying to spine ends& corners, former owner name & date (ink and bookplate on FFE. Ruth Gannet b & w drawings. 317 pp. BP
Seller: Blue Skye Books, Novato, CA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Tortilla Flat. Covici Friede: NY, 1935.
Price: US$111.60 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition, stated fourth printing, July, 1935, first printing was also May, 1935 as stated on cp. Light tan cloth, blue horizontal rule, and blue topstain. One 4000 copies of the first printings were printed, 4th printing appears much smaller. Steinbeck's fourth book. Cloth boards as usual are foxed, else very good. Small former owner period bookplate on front fly and a small period bookseller sticker is on rear pastedown. Lacks jacket. (THIS BOOK IS IN OUR POSSESSION. WE SHIP MOST BOOKS SIX DAYS A WEEK AND WILL CONFIRM WITH TRACKING NUMBER FOR DOMESTIC ORDERS OR CUSTOMS NUMBER FOR NON DOMESTIC) A very nice collector's copy. ; 316 pages
Seller: Abound Book Company, Overland Park, KS, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Tortilla Flat [3rd printing with DJ]. Covici Friede. New York, 1935.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover with DJ. Gray cloth with dark blue lettering. The original DJ is present, but flawed. DJ has been pasted to the book at the flaps, both front and back. It also appears to have been varnished for protection, so it is all tones of yellow and brown now, with blue and black. Tape repairs and edgeworn. Front flap says Third Printing, with price of $2.50. Early ownership name on front endpaper. NO date on title page. Copyright page dated July 1935, stated (and listed) third printing. 316 pages. This was Steinbeck's first successful novel, after The Red Pony, Cup of Gold and The Pastures of Heaven, none of which attracted much attention. This copy has an overall dusty feel to it, but its scarcity - particularly of the DJ - earns it a spot on the shelf. Please email with questions or to request photos.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$185.00 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Steinbeck, John. TORTILLA FLAT. Custom Collector's 'Sculpted' Clamshell Case. New York: Covici Friede, 1935. Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, each box feature a gilt-stamped spine, an embossed 'sculpted street scene' upper cover after the dustwrapper's vintage illustration. The case is finished inside & out in in medium grey & dark grey Nuba®. Nuba® is a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck® leather. An excellent Collector's Custom Case for Steinbeck's First Book. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for OVER 100 generally in-stock titles including many Steinbecks. Book definitely NOT included. Custom Craft available.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
STEINBECK, John & GANNETT, Ruth (Illus.). Tortilla Flat. Covici Friede Publishers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$243.82 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st Edition / 6th Impression. DESCRIPTION: Brown cloth with thin blue band to upper boards. Blue titles to spine. Blue upper text block edge. Illustrated by Ruth Gannett Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Light wear to sharp corners, edges and lightly pushed spine ends. Toned spine cloth with spotting to cloth. Tightly bound with intact endpapers and strong hinges. Toned endpapers with heavily toned patches to front and rear endpaper gutters. Very lightly toned pages with very occasional spots or mark to page margins. DJ Condition: No DJ. Pages 316. Size: 8vo 19.5cm by 13cm.
Seller: Jacket and Cloth, Chippenham, United Kingdom
Steinbeck, John. Tortilla Flat. COVICI FRIEDE, NY, 1935.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: AUGUST 1935 General shelf wear, soiled at bottom spine, tanned top edges, age-toned endpages, previous owners name on front endpaper, tanned spine, worn extremities. DATE PUBLISHED: 1935 EDITION: 5TH PRINT 317
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
John Steinbeck. Tortilla Flat. Covici Friede, 1935.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The true first edition, first printing of Steinbeck's first commercially successful novel and the beginning of his long association with Pascal Covici. Tight binding. Noticeable foxing to page edges, covers, and pages near the front and end of book. Wear and light fraying to heel of spine, minor wear elsewhere. The half title page has apparently been lost or torn out and a new half title tipped in. This page was placed with the wrong edge in and hence the "Tortilla Flat" wording faces the title page rather than the front of book. I have owned this book for many years and only recently noticed this issue when I was comparing with another first edition. A careful observation shows that the new half title page is slightly smaller than all the other pages in the book, probably transplanted from a reprint. Note we are talking about the half title and not the all-important title/copyright page, which is original. Despite this defect and the others listed, it is a true first edition, first printing and comes with a fine facsimile dust jacket.
Seller: Green River Books, Gainesville, FL, U.S.A.
John Steinbeck. Tortilla Flat. Covici Friede, New York, 1935.
Price: US$369.97 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Oatmeal cloth hardcover book in good condition, with facsimile dust jacket in mylar. This is a 1st printing, with 1935 on copyright page and no further printings listed. Cover shows usual shelf wear, particularly on spine. A very faded dampstain on bottom of cover, front back and spine. Some minor spotting and dampstaining on pastedowns and endpapers. Binding is secure, and pages are clean. Blue topstain very faded in colour. Front inner hinge a bit loose but not torn at all. Some light spotting to fore edge of 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. TORTILLA FLAT. Covici | Friede, New York, 1935.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 316pp. Hardcover without jacket. Bumping and shelf-wear. Moderate edge-wear to cloth-bound boards, including faint soiling to spine. Boards bowed. Blue top-stain. Front fly-leaf has been been cut from binding. Cracked between half-title and title page. Sticker to rear paste-down end page and rear fly-leaf. Binding shakes. Good copy only. Shelve: CASE #2 Spine is beige with blue text. 1229982. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
John Steinbeck; Ruth Gannett (illus.). Tortilla Flat. New York: Covici Friede, 1935.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition. First edition with copyright page of 1935 and The Van Rees Press on the bottom. Oatmeal cloth cover with blue lettering shows minor wear, staining, and tanning. Lacking dust jacket. Blue top stain. Lacking front free endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John; Drawings By Ruth Gannett. Tortilla Flat. Covici Friede Publishers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$675.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 317 Pp. Beige Cloth Stamped In Blue, With Blue Topstain. First Edition, First Printing, 1935, No Additional Printings Noted, Beige Cloth With Blue Topstain As Published. 1/4000 Copies Of The First Printing. Front Cover Immaculate, Spine And Rear Cover Also Bright And Clean Except Some Very Faint Age Toning To Spine -Much Less Than Usual- And A Small Area Of Light Discoloration Near Center Of Rear Cover. Lacking The Scarce Dust Jacket. Beginning To Fray Along Lower Edge Of Spine, At Two Lower Tips And Top Two Corners Of Spine; 1" Frayed Along Center Of Rear Spine Edge Only. Contents Immaculate, No Foxing Or Marks. Small Previous Owner's Name John L. Garner On Front Endpaper. Front Hinge Slightly Loose But Hinge Sound, No Cracks Or Damage, Book Is Otherwise Square And Tight.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. TORTILLA FLAT. Covici Friede: NY, 1935.
Price: US$747.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illus. by Ruth Gannett, 8 x 5", light brown cloth, 317pp, covers rubbed, extremities lightly worn, spine ends bumped, spine darkened, bold ink name (with date) of former owner on front fly, pp toned (esp. endpapers), spine a little cocked, but still a decent copy of the FIRST EDITION (NAP).
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Tortilla Flat. Covici Friede, New York, 1935.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine copy. A bookplate on free endpaper is easily removable if desired, having been attached only at a corner.
Seller: Graver & Pen Rare Books, Midland, MI, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Tortilla Flat. Covici Friede, New York, 1935.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. 317 pp. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, cellophane tape along spine, else good copy. (91163).
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
John Steinbeck; Ruth Gannett (illus.). Tortilla Flat. New York: Covici Friede, 1935.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. First edition with 1935 on the copyright page and The Van Rees Press at the bottom. Oatmeal cloth cover with blue lettering shows minor wear and tanning. In facsimile dust jacket. Pages are clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Tortilla Flat. Covici-Friede, New York, 1935.
Price: US$895.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition, First Printing, with no additional printings listed, in a supplied original 7th printing dust jacket. The book is in very good condition, square and tight, no ownership markings, just some modest wear and a bit of darkening to the spine. The dust jacket is whole and complete, spine folds stressed, spine darkened, minor edge wear. A much nicer copy than usually found of Steinbeck's breakout novel. Tough to find in this nice condition.
Seller: Alandian Books, Redmond, WA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Tortilla Flat. Covici Friede, New York, 1935.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Beautiful with its facsimilie of first edition jacket on with three color illustration of the men and women of Tortilla Flat going about their business. Jacket is bright, fresh and crisp. Beige boards with green lettering to spine and ruler line on top board has some light foxing to edges, else near fine. Endpapers clean and bright. Textblock tight and square. July 1935 printing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
John Steinbeck. Tortilla Flat. Covici Friede, New York, 1935.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: 6th printing, November, 1935---just months after the May, 1935 1st printing. IN THE UNCOMMON DUSTJACKET. VG- with light soiling along the panels and spine. In a bright, price-intact, VG- dustjacket, with light chipping to the spine extremities, light soiling to the front and back panels and darkening to the spine. Several small closed tears as well and rather acute foxing to the gutters. Also, small, neat former owner inscription to flyleaf. In spite of all this, a presentable copy of an elusive title in condition. 12mo, 317 pgs.
Seller: APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA, WACCABUC, NY, U.S.A.
John Steinbeck. TORTILLA FLAT. Covici Friede Inc, New York, 1935.
Price: US$1050.00 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good Facsimile dust jacket. Light bumping, rubbing on spine.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
John Steinbeck. Tortilla Flat. Covici Friede, 1935.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is the first edition of Tortilla Flat in hardcover. The book has darkening at spine, otherwise quite bright and clean. Corners still sharp. The dust jacket is quite darkened but has little wear. It appears to have had some restoration work in the past. A few small tears less than 1/4 inch and some edgewear- see photos. This is a second issue dust jacket with blurbs on rear flap instead of a Steinbeck bio.
Seller: Green River Books, Gainesville, FL, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Tortilla Flat. Covici Friede (1935), New York, 1935.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Description: 1st edition, advance copy in wraps. 8vo, illustrated by Ruth Gannett. Tape repaired to front gutter, lacking ffep and half title. Other small tears and small chip bottom rear of wrapper. Small stains to a few pages. Very good in dust jacket as issued in the advance copy.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Tortilla Flat. Covici Friede, New York, 1935.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Description: 1st edition, advance copy in wraps. 8vo, illustrated by Ruth Gannett. Tape repaired to front gutter, lacking ffep and half title. Other small tears and small chip bottom rear of wrapper. Small stains to a few pages. Very good in dust jacket as issued in the advance copy.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
STEINBECK, JOHN. Tortilla Flat. New York Covici-Friede 1935, 1935.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, First Issue. Bound in a fine full blue morocco leather binding with gilt-stamping and matching blue marbled endpapers. A very handsome binding.
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Tortilla Flat. Covici Friede Publishers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illustrated by Ruth Gannett. Very Good in a Very Good first-issue jacket, unclipped ($2.50), generally toned, some tidemarks on the spine, chipped at the foot of the spine. Grey cloth, foxed throughout, with blue ink lines and lettering. Square and firmly bound with a blue top stain, some spots of foxing at the edges, clean otherwise. Steinbeck's fifth novel, one about the paisanos of Monterey, California in the wake of World War I. Adapted into the 1942 Academy Award-nominated film starring Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, and Frank Morgan.
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.
John Steinbeck. Tortilla Flat. Covici Friede Publishers, 1935.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing of Steinbeck's first critical and commercial success. Reflecting the brilliance of his storytelling, the novel tells the story of a group of paisanos, led by the charismatic and resourceful Danny, as they navigate life, love and friendship in the colorful, hardscrabble world of Depression-era Monterey, California. With its blend of humor, pathos, and memorable characters, Tortilla Flat showcases Steinbeck's keen insight into the human condition and marked a major turning point in his career. New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1935. Publisher's original tan cloth, spine lettered in blue, blue topstain, pp. 317, black and white illustrations throughout. Original unrestored first state dust jacket designed by Ruth Stiles Gannett. First state dust jacket denoted by the lack of review blurbs. An about near fine copy in a very good, priced clipped dust jacket. Binding is tight, sturdy and square. Light softening to spine tips, a touch of spotting to topstain. Scattered foxing internally, else clean. Jacket remains bright and vivid with light shelfwear and minor chipping to extremities, split just starting between the front panel and spine, spine toned with a small dampstain. An attractive copy, protected in archival mylar.
Seller: Kevin Sell, The Rare Book Sleuth, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John.. Tortilla Flat.. Covici Friede, Publishers, 1935.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. A Fine copy in pale tan cloth stamped in powder blue, blue topstain, in a Fine later state blue and cream dustwrapper, price-clipped, with minor restoration to extremities. Illustrations by Ruth Bennett. 317pp. Text and endpapers clean and unmarked. Steinbeck's first critical and commercial success. Adapted by Hollywood in 1942. Q19980
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Tortilla Flat. Covici Friede, New York, 1935.
Price: US$5500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original oatmeal cloth stamped in blue. Near Fine with foxing to the cloth, former owner name in pencil to the front free endpaper and toning to the pages. In a price-clipped but correct first printing dust jacket with the author's bio on the rear flap; Very Good with spine-fading, toning and light staining, chipping to spine ends and along the bottom edge of the rear panel.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
STEINBECK, John.. Tortilla Flat.. Covici Friede, New York, 1935.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Description: 317 pp. Illustrated by Ruth Gannett. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. Very near fine in an attractive jacket with a short closed tear to the top of the front panel and some tanning (although less than usual) to the backstrip.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John; Gannett, Ruth. TORTILLA FLAT. Covici Friede Publishers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$7000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of this oft-comical tale of post-World War I Monterey, following the exploits of a wine-loving and vaguely Arthurian group of paisanos, a beautiful copy in the scarce original dust jacket. The lighthearted tone of TORTILLA FLAT lifted the spirits of Americans during the Great Depression, for whom "reading and the movies were escape. escape from grinding poverty, escape from worrying about how to pay the rent, escape from worrying about how to find a job" (San Jose). Danny and his round table of friends are rarely concerned with any of those issues as they meander through life in Monterey, undeniably poor, but not experiencing the tragedy of poverty in the same way as many of Steinbeck's later characters. Steinbeck even drew joy from writing the work: "it is light and I think amusing. I don't care whether it amounts to anything. I am enjoying it and I need something to help me over this last ditch" (Steinbeck and Wallsten). TORTILLA FLAT did, of course, amount to something, earning the California Commonwealth Club's Gold Medal and a mention in the justification for Steinbeck's 1962 Nobel Prize. It was also made into a 1942 film starring Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr, and was one of the top box office grossers of the year. This first edition is a crystallization of the beginning of Steinbeck's career, before his works were required reading in classrooms across America. With Ruth Gannett's illustrations nestled throughout the text, TORTILLA FLAT is a refreshingly light title in a broad oeuvre. 7.5'' x 5''. Original tan cloth binding with blue spine lettering. Original unclipped ($2.50) pictorial dust jacket in blue and black. Blue topstain. Fore-edge machine deckle. Illustrated throughout in black and white. 318 pages. Housed in custom blue leather-backed clamshell box. Jacket with some edgewear, mild chipping to spine ends; spine sunned. Binding corners and spine ends lightly bumped, topstain a bit faded; tiny creases to lower margins of pages 316-318. A clean, sound copy. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Tortilla Flat. Covici-Friede, New York, 1935.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with 1935 year and no later dates printed on the copyright page. A beautiful copy. This First Issue price clipped dustjacket has the important First Issue point with John Steinbeck bibliography information on the back flap of the dustjacket. The book is in great condition. The binding is tight and the boards are crisp with minor wear. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy in collector's condition. We buy Steinbeck First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John.. Tortilla Flat.. NY, Covici Friede, 1935, 1935.
Price: US$8925.00 + shipping
Description: NY, Covici Friede, 1935, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. His breakthrough novel that follows the antics of Monterey's paisanos, this surface story is an allegory based on the Knights of the Round Table, this is an unrecorded Review Copy with the Covici Friede review slip tipped to the front free endpaper which prints the publication date as May 28, 1935 and shows the published price as $2.50, very scarce thus, the trade edition was comprised of 4,000 copies, illustrated by Ruth Gannett, see Goldstone & Payne A4b, see Morrow 29, although not specifically indicated, this was M. B. Goldstone's copy, he was the brother and rival collector of Adrian Goldstone upon whose collection the Steinbeck bibliography is based. Very good.
Seller: James M. Dourgarian, Bookman ABAA, Concord, CA, U.S.A.
John Steinbeck. TORTILLA FLAT. Covici Friede Inc, New York, 1935.
Price: US$9138.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. Front hinge starting. Light foxing on side/bottom text block edges. Illustrations by Ruth Gannett. First Edition, First Printing with NO indication of later printings printed on the copyright page. Supplied Dust jacket from a second printing with the John Steinbeck bibliography information on the back flap was later changed to blurbs.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Tortilla Flat. Covici Friede, 1935.
Price: US$9500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First printing. This original price clipped dustjacket has slight wear to the edges. The book is in nice shape. The binding is tight and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the panels. The pages are clean with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a sharp copy of the rare First Edition with the original First Issue dustjacket.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Tortilla Flat. Covici Friede, New York, 1935.
Price: US$12500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, wrappered issue of the author's first successful novel. A fantastic survival of this format. Provenance: Actor Jean Hersholt with his label to interior of chemise; and later from the collection of John Steinbeck's nephew, David Heyler. Publisher's original sewn binding in wraps, glassine wrap; approximately one of 500 copies that were bound as such. Though Goldstone and Payne mention there is no evidence this preceded the trade cloth issue, it is often assumed that this was issued in advance of publication. Fine, with a faint bump to foot of spine and endsheets faintly offset. A stunning copy with wonderful provenance, housed in a custom folding slipcase. Goldstone and Payne A4a.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. Tortilla Flat. Covici Friede, New York, 1935.
Price: US$12500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with NO indication of later printings printed on the copyright page. This FIRST ISSUE dustjacket with the John Steinbeck bibliography information on the back flap was later changed to blurbs. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is rich in color without the ubiquitous fading to the spine with some repair. The book is bound in the publisher's cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy housed in a custom clamshell slipcase.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.