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THE LONG VALLEY
by Steinbeck, John
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press, 1938. First edition. A collection of thirteen short stories, including "St. Katy the Virgin," and "The Red Pony" (three parts). 8vo cream colored buckram-backed rust cloth boards; spine lettering and top edge rust. Inner and outer hinges darkened, presumably from binding glue, spine slightly tanned, otherwise very good or better with a little fading to top-edge stain. In about very good wrap-around pictorial dust jacket with spine and edges tanned, few rubs to spine, and small hole near rear flap fold.
Synopsis
First published in 1938, this volume of stories collected with the encouragement of his longtime editor Pascal Covici serves as a wonderful introduction to the work of Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck. Set in the beautiful Salinas Valley of California, where simple people farm the land and struggle to find a place for themselves in the world, these stories reflect Steinbeck’s characteristic interests: the tensions between town and country, laborers and owners, past and present. Included here are the O. Henry Prize-winning story “The Murder”; “The Chrysanthemums,” perhaps Steinbeck’s most challenging story, both personally and artistically; “Flight,” “The Snake,” “The White Quail,” and the classic tales of “The Red Pony.” With an introduction and notes by John H. Timmerman.
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- Bookseller
- Quill & Brush
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55248
- Title
- THE LONG VALLEY
- Author
- Steinbeck, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
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