Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck; Ruth Gannett [Illustrator] - 1935-01-01

Grosset & Dunlap, NY, c.1935, Grosset & Dunlap, NY, c.1935, 8vo., cloth, 317pp., G $

New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1935. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Gannett, Ruth. Orig. published by Covici Friede in 1935, this is the first reprint edition from Grosset & Dunlap, identical to that edition & retaining the original internal illustrations & DJ art of Ruth Gannett, in 317 pages. From a single collector's estate, this hardcover book has beige textured cloth over boards with red design & lettering to front & spine. Condition is Near Fine: exceptionally clean, with a tiny blue smudge to top edge of front board. Binding straight & strong. Pages show mild tanning to all pages, heavier around edges. Old gift inscription in neat pen dated 1938 inside front cover. The bottom-clipped DJ is VG+, marred only by spine fading, a ink smudge under the title "A" on front, & some mild chipping at corners/lower spine. Beautifully protected in new mylar cover. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock"… Read More

Grosset & Dunlap, NY, 1935. HBDJ, 1935 reprint. , EARLY Edition, Small pieces from Top & Bottom DJ Spine where a Explanatory Sticker added Top Spine DJ, Top Back DJ small stain & tiny Chips wear Extremities DJ, NF-/Good+, AS-IS, Beige cloth Decorated & Lettered in Blue, Interior Nice tight Clean Light FoX Wear, 317 pgs, 100 100 DJ flap mark and WWII Victory Bond ad indicate early 1940s printing, and top edge pages with Publishers dyed blue . - fiercely resist the corrupting tides of honest toil in the surrounding ocean of civil rectitude, that this story happened... Hard Cover.

New York: Covici Friede, 1935. Hardcover. Good. . First edition with copyright page of 1935 and The Van Rees Press on the bottom. Oatmeal cloth cover with blue lettering shows minor wear, staining, and tanning. Lacking dust jacket. Blue top stain. Lacking front free endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and clean.

New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1935. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Beige Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 317 Pp. Beige Cloth Stamped In Blue, With Blue Topstain. First Edition, First Printing, 1935, No Additional Printings Noted, Beige Cloth With Blue Topstain As Published. 1/4000 Copies Of The First Printing. Front Cover Immaculate, Spine And Rear Cover Also Bright And Clean Except Some Very Faint Age Toning To Spine -Much Less Than Usual- And A Small Area Of Light Discoloration Near Center Of Rear Cover. Lacking The Scarce Dust Jacket. Beginning To Fray Along Lower Edge Of Spine, At Two Lower Tips And Top Two Corners Of Spine; 1" Frayed Along Center Of Rear Spine Edge Only. Contents Immaculate, No Foxing Or Marks. Small Previous Owner's Name John L. Garner On Front Endpaper. Front Hinge Slightly Loose But Hinge Sound, No Cracks Or Damage, Book Is Otherwise Square And Tight.

New York: Covici Friede, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good. . First edition with 1935 on the copyright page and The Van Rees Press at the bottom. Oatmeal cloth cover with blue lettering shows minor wear and tanning. In facsimile dust jacket. Pages are clean.

New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1935. First printing. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket.. First edition of this oft-comical tale of post-World War I Monterey, following the exploits of a wine-loving and vaguely Arthurian group of paisanos, a beautiful copy in the scarce original dust jacket. The lighthearted tone of TORTILLA FLAT lifted the spirits of Americans during the Great Depression, for whom "reading and the movies were escape... escape from grinding poverty, escape from worrying about how to pay the rent, escape from worrying about how to find a job" (San Jose). Danny and his round table of friends are rarely concerned with any of those issues as they meander through life in Monterey, undeniably poor, but not experiencing the tragedy of poverty in the same way as many of Steinbeck's later characters. Steinbeck even drew joy from writing the work: "it is light and I think amusing... I don't care whether it amounts to anything. I am enjoying it and I need something to help me over… Read More