8vo. Original cloth (spine sunned, slight wear); dust jacket (price-clipped, slight chipping). FIRST EDITION IN CLOTH, second printing with “March 1942” stated on copyright page with no additional printings, but with the correct “talk this” on p.112, line 11. SIGNED BY STEINBECK on the front flyleaf. Goldstone & Payne A16b.

[With:] STEINBECK, John. The Moon is Down. New York: The Viking Press, 1942. 8vo. Original blue cloth (spine slanted and sunned, hinges cracked, slight wear); dust jacket (price-clipped, chipped with a few short tears and losses some with old cellotape repairs verso). Provenance: The Personal Book Shop, Boston (bookseller's ticket to front flyleaf); Allan C. Fisher, Jr. (bookplate). FIRST EDITION IN CLOTH, FIRST PRINTING with “March 1942” stated on copyright page with no additional printings and “talk.this” on p.112, line 11. Goldstone & Payne A16b. [Also with:] STEINBECK, John. The Moon is Play in Two Parts. New York: Dramatists Play Service, Inc., 1942. 8vo. (A few short marginal tears.) Original yellow wrappers printed in black (slight chipping). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, without "1942" printed on the title-page. Goldstone & Payne A17a.