John Steinbeck
Cup of Gold (first edition, first issue)
Robert M. McBride
1929
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A first edition, first issue copy of Cup of Gold.
- John Steinbeck (American).
- New York: Robert M. McBride, 1929.
- 269 pages.
- Octavo.
- Bound in original yellow cloth, titled in black on front cover and spine, with pictorial dust jacket designed by Mahlon Blaine (with $2.50 price present), tan cloth slipcase.
The future Nobel laureate's elusive first book, published when he was 27 years old. One of 1,537 copies (the publisher printed 2,476 copies, 939 of which were remaindered as unbound sheets). This was Steinbeck's fourth attempt at a novel and was rewritten six times from an unpublished story titled "A Lady in Infra-Red," which he composed while at Stanford.
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GoodThe jacket spine panel is lightly faded and with wear at ends touching the top of titling.
A few abrasions to front and back panels.
Minor signs of age and wear.
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