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The Pearl
by Steinbeck, John
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1948
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Chelmsford, Essex, GBR
- Item Price
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$233.80
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First UK edition, first impression. Originally published in the US the previous year.
Original blue cloth. Edges toned and slightly spotted. Light marking to boards with tape marks to front and rear endpapers and paste-downs, otherwise very good, in the original, price-clipped dust jacket with chipping to head and foot of spine, tape marks to flaps, soft crease to corner of… Read more about this item Item Price
$233.80
The Pearl
by Steinbeck, John
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1948
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Chelmsford, Essex, GBR
- Item Price
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$233.80
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First UK edition, first impression. Originally published in the US the previous year.
Original blue cloth. Edges toned and slightly spotted. Light marking to boards with tape marks to front and rear endpapers and paste-downs, otherwise very good, in the original, price-clipped dust jacket with chipping to head and foot of spine, tape marks to flaps, soft crease to corner of… Read more about this item Item Price
$233.80
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Cannery Row
by Steinbeck, John
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1945
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Chelmsford, Essex, GBR
- Item Price
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$379.14
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First UK edition, first impression.
Original yellow cloth with black lettering to spine and upper board. A near fine book with just a hint of toning and spotting to top edge, in a very good and unclipped dust jacket with a few tears to edges and some chipping and rubbing in places. Item Price
$379.14
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East of Eden
by Steinbeck, John
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1952
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Chelmsford, Essex, GBR
- Item Price
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$1,895.70
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First edition, first impression and first state with 'bite' for 'bight' on page 281. The title described by the author himself as his magnum opus.
Small pinhole to spine with a small and faint stain to bottom for-edge of text block. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a couple of closed tears and small nicks to edges with some shallow… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,895.70
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Blood Meridian
by McCarthy, Cormac
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1989
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Chelmsford, Essex, GBR
- Item Price
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$758.28
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First UK edition, first impression.
Original red cloth with white lettering to spine. A better than very good book with an area of abrasion to front endpaper and a few spots to top edge and front and rear endpapers. Barely visible impression to the top corner of title page where previous price was written in pencil.
The original and unclipped dust jacket… Read more about this item Item Price
$758.28
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The Old Man and the Sea
by Hemingway, Ernest
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1952
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Chelmsford, Essex, GBR
- Item Price
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$505.52
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First UK edition, first impression in first state dust jacket without reviews to verso. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and the last of the author's novels to be published in his lifetime.
Original blue cloth with dark red lettering to spine and upper board. A near fine book with the slightest hint of fading to spine. Beautifully clean and… Read more about this item Item Price
$505.52
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Of Mice and Men
by Steinbeck, John
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1937
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Chelmsford, Essex, GBR
- Item Price
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$1,895.70
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First UK edition, first impression (Heinemann, 1937). Bound in full green morocco by the Cottage Bindery of Bath.
Top edge gilt; raised bands with gilt compartments; gilt borders to upper and lower covers with a pictorial on-lay to the upper cover replicating the original illustration from the UK first edition dust jacket in colour. Housed in a blue cloth slipcase.… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,895.70
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Look Homeward, Angel
by Wolfe, Thomas
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine+
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1930
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Chelmsford, Essex, GBR
- Item Price
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$1,326.99
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First UK edition, first impression (William Heinemann Ltd, 1930). Originally published in the US the previous year. The author's first novel.
Original dark blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A better than near fine copy with just a little off-setting to endpapers, contents lovely and clean otherwise.
The original dust jacket is similarly in near fine condition with… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,326.99
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Light in August
by Faulkner, William
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1932
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Chelmsford, Essex, GBR
- Item Price
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$1,706.13
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First edition, first impression. A 20th century literary highlight and one of the author's most highly regarded works.
Original cloth with blue lettering to spine and orange lettering to upper board. A near fine book with traces of off-setting to endpapers, very slight knocking to corners and toning to edges, excellent otherwise with the orange top-stain remaining bright and nicely… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,706.13
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Cup of Gold
by John Steinbeck
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Second
- Published
- 1936
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Chelmsford, Essex, GBR
- Item Price
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$82.15
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Second edition (Covici Friede, 1936). The author's first book, which was originally published in 1929 and sold 1533 copies in its initial print run.
Some fading to spine lettering; a little faint marking to boards; bottom corners very slightly bumped; some compression to spine ends; faint soiling to paste-downs. No dust jacket. Very good overall. Item Price
$82.15