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The Long Valley
by Steinbeck, John
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- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/None
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/None. 303pp; No DJ, orange cloth boards with tan buckram spine, titling to spine, dampstaining to boards, foxing to spine, rear hinge professionally repaired, endpapers age-toned, slight forward slant, text unmarked, binding is sound, Good condition. Collection of 12 short stories, set in the Salinas Valley in California. Includes the prize-winning tale "The Murder," which won the O. Henry Prize in 1935.
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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- Book Happy Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017736
- Title
- The Long Valley
- Author
- Steinbeck, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- literature fiction stories 1930s salinas california
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