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Steinbeck, John. The Red Pony.. The Viking Press, New York, 1945.
Price: US$1600.00 + shipping
Description: Signed limited first edition of Steinbeck's classic novel, one of 699 copies. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, with illustrations by Wesley Dennis. Fine in the rare original slipcase. An exceptional example. The three interconnected stories in this volume (a fourth was added in the 1945 edition) won praise on publication as "pure gold⦠all three of these stories have more depth, intensity and variety than one could possibly anticipate" (New York Times Book Review). To biographer Jackson Benson, they "act as a moral fulcrum⦠These stories, with their child observer, examine the nature of life and of death and the relationship of the individual to the whole" (True Adventures, 288).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
John Steinbeck. The Red Pony. The Viking Press, 1945.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine Copy of The First Trade Edition In Matching Very Good Box. Rare Presentation To J.C. Shakel. "For J.C. Shackel With Regards John Steinbeck." Very Rare Signed Copy. Excellent Fresh Copy.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Steinbeck, John. The Red Pony.. The Viking Press, New York, 1945.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: First illustrated edition of Steinbeck's classic novel. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, with illustrations by Wesley Dennis. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For J.C. Shakel with regards John Steinbeck." Fine in the original slipcase. The three interconnected stories in this volume (a fourth was added in the 1945 edition) won praise on publication as "pure gold⦠all three of these stories have more depth, intensity and variety than one could possibly anticipate" (New York Times Book Review). To biographer Jackson Benson, they "act as a moral fulcrum⦠These stories, with their child observer, examine the nature of life and of death and the relationship of the individual to the whole" (True Adventures, 288).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
John Steinbeck. THE RED PONY Signed. Viking, New York, 1945.
Price: US$7888.00 + shipping
Description: Very Good in a Very Good slipcase. Slight bumping to slipcase. ; Signed by John Steinbeck on the front end page. ; Signed by Author.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.