The Wayward Bus
by John Steinbeck
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Shelbyville, Indiana, United States
Item Price
£142.87£114.30
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About This Item
New York, NY: Vikiing Press, 1947. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition with the following points. 1947 on title page with "copyright 1947 by John Steinbeck, Published by Viking Press in February 1947, Published on the same day in the Dominion of Canada by the Macmillian Company of Canada Limited, printed in the U.S.A. by the Haddon Craftsmen." This copy is VG, in a VG, unclipped ($2.75), Mylar protected DJ designed by Robert Hallock.Exterior is rust with gilt lettering to the front and spine, along with the embossed "Bus scene" across the bottom. Covers are rich. Gilt is bright. Spine ends, edges, and tips are modestly worn. Inside has armorial BP of PO to inside front board. Otherwise unmarked, crisp, and with modest toning.DJ has "The Wayward Bus " and "$2.75" across the front flap top .Spine ends of DJ are modestly worn, spine joints are modestly rubbed, and there is a faint vertical surface scratch running the length of the front cover . .
Synopsis
Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of America's greatest writers and cultural figures. Over the next year, his many works, beginning with the six shown here, will be published as black-spine Penguin Classics for the first time and will feature eye-catching, newly commissioned art.Of this initial group of six titles, The Wayward Bus is in a new edition. An imaginative and unsentimental chronicle of a bus traveling California's back roads. This allegorical novel of pilgrimage includes a new introduction by Gary Scharnhorst.Penguin Classics is proud to present these seminal works to a new generation of readers—and to the many who revisit them again and again.
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- Bookseller
- Bailey Bonzo Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002077
- Title
- The Wayward Bus
- Author
- John Steinbeck
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Vikiing Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1947
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bailey Bonzo Books
Biblio member since 2020
Shelbyville, Indiana
About Bailey Bonzo Books
Bailey Bonzo Books....Specializing in collectble First Editions, SIGNED copies, Science Fiction/Fantasy, and RARE copies of all kinds.
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