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To a God Unknown
by Steinbeck, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Grayish blue cloth titled in gilt. Stated "first published 1935" (first British. ) Slightly cocked, slight spine ridge, mild foxing to textblock edge. Cloth slightly rubbed at points, one corner softened. The DJ in mylar has "3s.6d" price at spine, flaps are foxed, small closed tear at top front gutter, faint dampstain to rear panel, mild edgewear, mildly toned spine. Rare state of jacket with 3s. 6d. Net printed on spine (book was released at 7/6). ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Synopsis
To a God Unknown is a novel by John Steinbeck, first published in 1933. The book was Steinbeck's second novel (after his unsuccessful Cup of Gold), the title taken from a hymn excerpt of the Rig Veda's Book X. Steinbeck found To a God Unknown extremely difficult to write; taking him roughly five years to complete, the novella proved more time-consuming than either East of Eden or The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck's longest novels.
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- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21259
- Title
- To a God Unknown
- Author
- Steinbeck, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1935
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- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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