Edith McGillcuddy. by Steinbeck, John

NY: Harper & Brothers. Very Good. 1941. First Edition. Softcover. Single issue softcover magazine. August, 1941. The first appearance of Steinbeck's Edith Mcgillcuddy. Also includes Journey to England by Elmer Davis, and many others. Original wraps are scraped to spine, lightly worn/soiled; trace foxing to edge, corner lightly bumped. Tight and square. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall .

Cleveland: The Rowfant Club / Grabhorn Press, 1943. Hardcover. Large mildewy moisture stain at the bottom inside corner affecting the covers and all pages up about 5 inches, some foxing and shelf wear. Not a pretty copy of this scarce edition.. No. 99 of 152 limited edition copies. Size: 8.25"x11.25"

The Rowfant Club, 1943. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. Limited/Numbered. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Near fine copy.Front lower point stained 2 inches across going into text of the book.Extremely rare 1/152 number copies.Facsimile letter at the end by John Steinbeck Dated 1942.Incredibly Scarce..

Cleveland: The Rowfant Club, 1943. Pink and gray floral paper covered boards over black buckram spine with red gilt embossed title labels, in ORIGINAL glassine dustjacket, (11.25 x 8.25 inches). Limited, one of 152 copies. 18 pages, plus a facsimile letter from Edith Wagner signed by Steinbeck. Colored illumination to title and page numbers. Printed by the Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, October 1943 for members of The Rowfant Club. First appearance in book format of this Steinbeck short story. An exceptionally tight, clean copy in the original fragile plain green jacket (now protected in mylar), with expected toning to jacket, two closed tears and one open tear to rear jacket panel. A desirable copy of a SCARCE Steinbeck title. Size: Quarto. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Quarto.

The Rowfant Club, 1943. STEINBECK, John. HOW EDITH MCGILLCUDDY MET R.L.S. Cleveland, Ohio: The Rowfant Club, 1943. Quarto (about 11.5 by 8.5 inches), black & patterned cloth with leather title labels on front cover & spine, in original turquoise-colored dust jacket; housed in a specially-made slipcase. Limited Edition of 152 numbered copies, of which this #142. [Goldstone & Payne A20a]. Privately printed for members of The Rowfant Club. A very nice copy! Near fine condition (very minor edgewear; contents clean and tight); some fading edges (spine more heavily faded; few short tears & a few very tiny chips) d/j. "142" in crayon on the front cover of the d/j- issued thus. Copies of this title are around but copies in nice, original dust jackets are not. I believe I purchased this copy for a customer of mine from the famous Bradford Morrow John Steinbeck collection offered for sale in 1980.