Steinbeck, John.

8vo, first english edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author to his english literary agent ("For | Juliet O'Hea | with much pleasure | and many thanks | John Steinbeck"), original mustard yellow cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in black, dustjacket, spine of jacket slightly darkened, very slightly worn at edges

Steinbeck's literary agent Juliet O'Hea, presentation inscription by the author on front free endpaper; The Library of Roger Rechler, sale at Christie's New York, 11 October 2002, lot 286

Goldstone and Payne A22b

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an attractive association copy of Steinbeck's novel. Despite good sales, the critics' reaction to Cannery Row was mostly negative. "...The better people in this town don't know whether they like Cannery Row or not. They are waiting to see what other people think. This attitude is always true of better people. The critics say at once that it is not true to nature and that it is in bad taste...There is a time in every writer's career that the critics are gunning for him to whittle him down. This is my stage for that. It has been since The Grapes of Wrath" (letter to his editor Pat Covici, John Steinbeck: A Life in Letters, 1975, p.278).