Steinbeck, A Life in Letters by Steinbeck, Elaine & Wallsten, Robert - 1975

new york, NY: viking press, 1975. Hard cover. Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Signed by previous owner. hardcover in cell wrapped dust jacket-ex-library book. 848 p. hardcover in cell wrapped dust jacket-ex-library book A LIFE IN STEINBECK LETTERS-ELAINE STEINBECK & ROBERT WALLSTEN VINTAGE COPYRIGHT 1975..848 PAGES Nobel Prize-winner John Steinbeck was a prolific correspondent. Opening with letters written during Steinbeck's early years in California, and closing with an unfinished, 1968 note written in Sag Harbor, New York, this collection of around 850 letters to friends, family, his editor and a diverse circle of well-known and influential public figures gives an insight into the raw creative processes of one of the most naturally-gifted and hard-working writing minds of this century.

Viking, 1975. Copyright 1952. Black boards with silver gilt replica of Steinbeck's signature on front middle. Spine has both gold gilt around title and silver editors. Deckled front foredge. Previous owner has made pencilled notes on top of ffep. Remainder of text is very clean. Dust jacket has black background with Steinbeck in blue, five times. White title. Schipped around edges, particularly at top and bottom of spine. Any picture found beside this listing may NOT actually be a picture of this book but a stock photo used by the listing site. 3 R's Used Books and Hannelore Headley Old & Fine Books, Inc. are committed to saving the trees one leaf at the time!. Hard Cover. Good+/Good-.

New York: The Viking Press, Inc., 1975. BOOK: Non-Sticky Adhesive Tape Residue to Front, Rear Free Endpapers; Corners, Spine Bumped; Heavy Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Moderately Soiled. DUST JACKET: Heavily Rippled (From Previous Owner's Use of Non-Archival Jacket Cover); Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; Slight Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. BOOK NUMBER: 1075. EDITED BY: Elaine Steinbeck and Robert Wallsten. FRONTISPIECE PHOTOGRAPH BY: Toni Frissell. MAPS BY: Libra Graphics, Inc. JACKET DESIGN BY: Mel Williamson. CONTENTS: Preface; Note; 1923-1932; 1932-1936; 1936-1939; 1939-1943; 1943-1948; 1948-1949; 1950-1952; 1952-1954; 1955-1957; 1957-1959; 1959; 1960-1961; 1961-1963; 1963-1965; 1965-1968; Appendix; Index. SYNOPSIS: "In sixty years I've left a lot of tracks," John Steinbeck wrote in 1962, six years before he died. His letters are a record of those tracks, and a fascinatingly alive record it is. The first major collection of… Read More

Viking Press, 1975. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Presentation By Author. 1st Edition. Fine Copy In like Jacket. Review Copy. Presentation Copy."For Judy with my warm affection, and in appreciation for the ties that bind us all in friendship Elaine Christmas 1976." Excellent copy..

The Viking Press, 1975. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Autographed Note. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Fine Copy In Like Price Clipped Jacket First Edition ALS from Elaine Steinbeck About The Book to Friend Who Let her Know About The Death of John's Friend Nelson Valjean.Amazing Copy..