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Lot 389
Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Nov 8, 2022
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Nov 9, 2022
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Live / Chicago
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Lot Description
STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). East of Eden. New York: The Viking Press, 1952.
8vo. Original green cloth stamped in red and dark green (spine lightly sunned, slight wear to extremities); dust jacket (price-clipped, some soiling, chipping, tiny loss to "eck" in "Steinbeck" on spine panel). Provenance: unidentified gift inscription from December 1953.
FIRST TRADE EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with ''bite'' on p. 281, IN FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET without reviews. Elia Kazan's 1955 film of the same title was loosely based on the fourth and final part of Steinbeck's novel. Goldstone & Payne A32.b.
The Library of John Leonard Gillis Sold to Support the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto
This lot is located in Chicago.