Cannery Row by Steinbeck, John - 1945

E-158: The Viking Press. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1945. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. The Viking Press, New York. 1945. 181 pgs. First Edition/First Printing /Second state (in canary yellow cloth boards, and in the first issue dust jacket, with the original price of $2.00 listed in the upper corner of inside front flap). DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (pieces missing from the spine some closed tears present). Canary yellow cloth lightly soiled and worn. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. Unburdened by the material necessities of the more fortunate, the denizens of Cannery Row discover rewards unknown in more traditional society. Henry the painter sorts through junk lots for pieces of wood to incorporate into the boat he is building, while the girls from Dora Floods bordello venture out now and then to enjoy a bit of sunshine. Lee Chong stocks his grocery with almost anything a man could want, and Doc, a young marine biologist who ministers to sick puppies and unhappy souls, unexpectedly finds true love. Cannery Row is just a few blocks long, but the story it harbors is suffused with warmth, understanding, and a great fund of human values. E-158; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .