The Stepford Wives by Levin, Ira - 1972

Washington, D. C., Government Printing Office, January 20, 1965, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. With frontispiece photo portrait of LBJ with a facsimile of his signature, although he is not credited as such, Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck contributed to this speech, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne. Fine.

San Jose, Steinbeck Research Center, Feb. 27, 1985, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. One of 500 numbered copies edited by Dr. Robert DeMott, this is a letter from Steinbeck to family friend and fellow writer Dennis Murphy, with a prospectus for the book laid in loosely, issued on what would have been Steinbeck's 83rd birthday as a fund-raiser for the Steinbeck Research Center at San Jose State University. As new, unread.

London, Heinemann, 1951, first British edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Jacket designed by Biro, Steinbeck provides his own foreword to this third of his play/novelette experiments, Goldstone & Payne A29b, Morrow 207. A rather cheaply produced book, thus nearly fine in a clipped jacket with some wear at extremities and some tape reinforcements to the verso.

London, Heinemann, 1970, first British edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. These journal entries are letters Steinbeck wrote to his editor, Pascal Covici, in preparation for writing East of Eden, Goldstone & Payne A44c, Morrow 276. Fine.

NY, Macmillan, 1934, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Jacket illustrated by Artzybasheff, frontispiece portrait of Henry Morgan, Braley writes of Morgan in ballad, and, in his prefatory comments, thanks John Steinbeck for his conscious and subconscious contributions that resulted from Braley's having read Steinbeck's first book, Cup of Gold, the book also prints a letter from Steinbeck to Braley regarding this subject, this was Steinbeck's first book contribution, Goldstone & Payne B1, Morrow 306, with a b&w photo of Braley laid in loosely. Very good in a clipped jacket with tape reinforcements to verso.

London, Heinemann, 1951, first British edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Jacket designed by Biro, Steinbeck provides his own foreword to this third of his play/novelette experiments, Goldstone & Payne A29b, Morrow 207. A rather cheaply produced book, thus nearly fine in a clipped jacket with some wear at extremities and some tape reinforcements to the verso.

NY, Viking, 1962, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Part history, part fiction, part memory of the last plains frontier, evocative of Stegner's sense of place, Colberg A16.1.a. Fine in a price-clipped jacket that is ever so slightly darkened along the spine, else especially bright and clean.

NY, Argosy, February 1952, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. Pages 51-82, profusely illustrated with b&w photos from the 20th Century-Fox film that starred Marlon Brando as Emiliano Zapata, it also starred Jean Peters and Anthony Quinn, it also includes a note from Jerry Mason, the magazine's editor, on how this novelette by Miller, based on John Steinbeck's screenplay, came to pass, Goldstone & Payne G25, not recorded by Morrow. Very good.

Garden City, Doubleday, Doran, 1934, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover.. This is John Steinbeck's second contribution to a book other than his own, it includes his short story, The Murder, plus a brief biography, pages 176-192, text from the April 1934 issue of The North American Review, this vintage anthology also includes William Saroyan, Pearl Buck, Erskine Caldwell, William Faulkner, Thomas Wolfe, and others, Goldstone & Payne B2, not recorded by Morrow, very scarce in jacket. Very good minus.

NY, Viking, 1962, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. Frontispiece photo portrait of Steinbeck, one of 3,200 copies printed for presentation by Viking, Goldstone & Payne A40a, Morrow 269. Minor spine seam split to outer tan wrapper, else fine.