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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.
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.
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$1506.84 + 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. The Red Pony. Covici-Friede, 1937.
Price: US$2700.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed Limited. One of 699 signed and numbered copies, this is number 249. Signed by Steinbeck on the colophon page. Octavo, original pictorial beige cloth, uncut, original numbered cardboard slipcase. Cloth with slightest toning, spine more so; small tear at top of spine. Original slipcase lightly worn, with a small piece of the top edge of the case loose and a small piece missing. Comes in custom-made slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, 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. 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. 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.