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The Grapes of Wrath -
John Steinbeck
1939 - The Viking Press, New York - First Edition
‘They're a-workin' away at our spirits. They're a tryin' to make us cringe an' crawl like a whipped bitch. They tryin' to break us. Why, Jesus Christ, Ma, they comes a time when the on'y way a fella can keep his decency is by takin' a sock at a cop. They're workin' on our decency.’
A sharp bright and unrestored first edition of Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the Great Depression.
‘You got to have patience. Why, Tom, us people will go on livin' when all them people is gone. Why, Tom, we're the people that live. They ain't gonna wipe us out. Why, we're the people, we go on.’
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1939 - The Viking Press, New York - First Edition
‘They're a-workin' away at our spirits. They're a tryin' to make us cringe an' crawl like a whipped bitch. They tryin' to break us. Why, Jesus Christ, Ma, they comes a time when the on'y way a fella can keep his decency is by takin' a sock at a cop. They're workin' on our decency.’ A sharp bright and unrestored first edition of Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the Great Depression.
‘You got to have patience. Why, Tom, us people will go on livin' when all them people is gone. Why, Tom, we're the people that live. They ain't gonna wipe us out. Why, we're the people, we go on.’
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To a God Unknown -
John Steinbeck
1933 - Robert O. Ballou, New York - First Edition, First Issue
A superior first edition of Steinbeck’s scarcest work of which only 598 copies were printed, housed in a bespoke slipcase titled in gilt on morocco labels to spine and front.
While fulfilling his dead father's dream of creating a prosperous farm in California, Joseph Wayne comes to believe that a magnificent tree on the farm embodies his father's spirit. His brothers and their families share in Joseph's prosperity and the farm flourishes - until one brother, scared by Joseph's pagan belief, kills the tree and brings disease and famine on the farm.
Set in familiar Steinbeck country, To A God Unknown is a mystical tale, exploring one man's attempt to control the forces of nature and to understand the ways of God.
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Price HK$ 45,000
1933 - Robert O. Ballou, New York - First Edition, First Issue
A superior first edition of Steinbeck’s scarcest work of which only 598 copies were printed, housed in a bespoke slipcase titled in gilt on morocco labels to spine and front.While fulfilling his dead father's dream of creating a prosperous farm in California, Joseph Wayne comes to believe that a magnificent tree on the farm embodies his father's spirit. His brothers and their families share in Joseph's prosperity and the farm flourishes - until one brother, scared by Joseph's pagan belief, kills the tree and brings disease and famine on the farm.
Set in familiar Steinbeck country, To A God Unknown is a mystical tale, exploring one man's attempt to control the forces of nature and to understand the ways of God.
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Cannery Row -
John Steinbeck
1945 - The Viking Press, New York - First Edition, First State
Cannery Row's ‘inhabitants are, as the man once said, 'whores, pimps, gamblers, and sons of bitches,' by which he meant everybody. Had the man looked through another peephole he might have said, 'saints and angels and martyrs and holy men,' and he would have meant the same thing.’
A fine first edition of one of Steinbeck’s wonderful stories set in Monterey, with the Doc being based on his old friend Ed Ricketts. In the scarce first State binding using buff-coloured cloth (there was not enough of this cloth to complete the run, so canary-yellow cloth was selected to bind the remaining majority).
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Price HK$ 10,000
1945 - The Viking Press, New York - First Edition, First State
Cannery Row's ‘inhabitants are, as the man once said, 'whores, pimps, gamblers, and sons of bitches,' by which he meant everybody. Had the man looked through another peephole he might have said, 'saints and angels and martyrs and holy men,' and he would have meant the same thing.’A fine first edition of one of Steinbeck’s wonderful stories set in Monterey, with the Doc being based on his old friend Ed Ricketts. In the scarce first State binding using buff-coloured cloth (there was not enough of this cloth to complete the run, so canary-yellow cloth was selected to bind the remaining majority).
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Price HK$ 10,000