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Lot 292
Sale 1023 - The Library of Jack Charles Davis, Sold to Support Charitable Institutions
May 3, 2022
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$7,500
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STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). Tortilla Flat. New York: Covici-Friede, 1935.
8vo. Half-title; illustrated by Ruth Gannett. Original tan cloth, lettered in blue, top edge stained blue; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (overall toning, spine darkened, chipping to spine ends). Provenance: Florence Luntz (signature on pastedown).
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY STEINBECK in 1935 on pastedown. Steinbeck's first commercial and critical success, Tortilla Flat portrays a small group of friends in Monterey, California, in the days following World War I. Goldstone & Payne A3a.