STEINBECK, John.
East of Eden.
First edition of John Steinbeck's Classic Work East of Eden; with a notecard signed by John Steinbeck
New York: The Viking Press, 1952.
$7,200.00
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Item Number: RRB-148721
* Custom Clamshell Boxes are hand made by the Harcourt Bindery upon request and take approximately 60 days to complete
First edition, first printing of Steinbeck's epic and moving story of a modern Cain and Abel. Octavo, original cloth. First issue with the word "bite" present on page 281, line 38. With a small notecard signed by John Steinbeck laid in. Near fine in a very good first issue dust jacket with the portrait of Steinbeck. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. Founded over a century ago in 1900, the Harcourt Bindery is the oldest and largest traditional bindery in America exclusively devoted to fine traditional leather bookbinding by hand. An exceptional example.
"A novel planned on the grandest possible scale...One of those occasions when a writer has aimed high and then summoned every ounce of energy, talent, seriousness, and passion of which he was capable...It is an entirely interesting and impressive book" (The New York Herald Tribune).
East of Eden.
$7,200.00
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