Lot 269
  • 269

Steinbeck, John

Estimate
150 - 250 GBP
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Description

  • Steinbeck, John
  • The Moon is Down, a novel. New York: Viking Press, 1942
  • paper
8vo, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (with large period or full-stop between "talk" and "this" on p.112, line 11), original blue cloth, lettered and decorated in silver and blind, DUST-JACKET (first state with a rough-textured paper), very slight loss to foot of spine of dust-jacket

Condition

the condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
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