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STEINBECK, John. The Wayward Bus. The Viking Press, New York, 1947.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. Terra cotta cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 312pp.Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with a few tiny edge chips. Tight and handsome first edition, this copy with choice autograph addition: A decade after its publication, a film version of this drama appeared starring JOAN COLLINS (born 1933) as Alice Chicoy, wife of bus driver Johnny Chicoy, and co-starring Jayne Mansfield and Dan Dailey. Tipped to the front flyleaf is a fine heavy stock 5" X 3" card signed large and bold in black fineline by Collins.
Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.
John Steinbeck. The Wayward Bus. Viking Press, Ny, 1947.
Price: US$1257.60 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: minor liquid stain in three places on rear cover board and minor stain bottom end pages; otherwise book intact; minor spine lean; pen drawing of primitive horse on first rear blank page; gilt lettering on front cover board and spine; In Steinbeck's novel about a group of people on a bus traveling California's back roads, it is unclear whether the characters are traveling toward a hopeful destination or merely fleeing something.From seller's personal library. Please contact for pictures.Cannot authenticate signature.
Seller: Booksdoc, Russell, ON, Canada
John Steinbeck. THE WAYWARD BUS Signed. Viking Press, New York, 1947.
Price: US$6924.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ price clipped dust jacket. Owner bookplate on front pastedown. ; Signed by John Steinbeck on half title page. ; Signed by Author.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.