1935 TORTILLA FLAT JOHN STEINBECK 1ST EDITION 1ST ISSUE DJ 1/4K COPIES MONTEREY DUST JACKET CALIFORNIA by John Steinbeck - 1935

TORTILLA FLAT

1935; John Steinbeck; 1st Edition, 1st Issue; New York, Covici-Friede; Dust Jacket; Illustrated by Ruth Gannett; 318 Pages; w5.4"xh7.7"; Very Rare!

ATTRIBUTES:
•Rare/Original blue/white illustrated dust jacket,
•Original oatmeal cloth cover, Blue labeling/upper blue pinstripe border,
•Blue tops of pages, Handful of pretty full page illustrations,
•About ten in text illustrations, And the Author's First Successful Novel,
•1 of only 4,000 Trade Copies Printed;
•First Issue jacket with no reviews/Author's Bio. to rear inner flap,
•First Issue book with no other printings and The Van Rees Press to lower copyright page!

SUMMARY:

•Tortilla Flat (1935) is an early John Steinbeck novel set in Monterey, California. The novel was the author's first clear critical and commercial success. The book portrays a group of paisanos—literally, countrymen—a small band of errant friends enjoying life and wine in the days after the end of the Great War.

BACKGROUND:

•John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American author. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception." He has been called "a giant of American letters," and many of his works are considered classics of Western literature.
•The first edition consisted of 4,000 copies and, unlike the author's earlier books, the entire run sold out. In fact, there were at least eight printings between May 1935 and April 1937. For the first time in his adult life, Steinbeck could support himself as a working writer.

CONDITION:
•Condition is Good/Very Good. Small wear to edges of jacket/brown spine of jacket, clipped price to front inner flap, some light blemishing throughout, hinges/text block are very good!