STEINBECK, John.
Tortilla Flat.
New York: Covici-Friede Publishers , 1935.
$17,500.00
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Item Number: RRB-149596
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“Thoughts are slow and deep and golden in the morning": First edition of John Steinbeck's Tortilla Flat; inscribed by Him
First edition of Steinbeck's first commercially successful book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For George Good with regards, John Steinbeck." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Laid in is an old pamphlet of Monterey, the capital of old California. Illustrated by Ruth Gannett. One of the most difficult books in the Steinbeck canon to locate signed.
Set in Monterey, California, Tortilla Flat tells the story of a small band of paisanos who resist the the corrupting tides of honest toil in favor of a life of adventure. It is the story of Danny, who, home from the war, inherits two houses which at once become a haven for his friends and lovers, not unlike the chivalric order of King Arthur and his court, the Knights of the Round Table. It deals with the band's adventuring, multiple loves and wonderful brawls, and Gargantuan wine-drinking. "An utterly unprecedented sort of book, and hard to analyze in its unique charm" (Virginia Kirkus).
Tortilla Flat.
$17,500.00
In Stock
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