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. With a spurious signature of John 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.