The Red Pony by John Ernst Steinbeck Jr (1902-1968) - 1945

129 pages with pictorial title and illustrations by Wesley Dennis are reproduced by Four-color process offset Lithography. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's grey cloth with blue label to spine with gilt lettering to spine and blue ruled edges with pictorial to cover in original slipcase with pictorial to cover. First edition illustrated edition. The Red Pony is an episodic novella written by American writer John Steinbeck in 1933. The first three chapters were published in magazines from 1933 1936, and the full book was published in 1937 by Covici Friede. The stories in the book are tales of a boy named Jody Tiflin. The book has four different stories about Jody and his life on his father's California ranch. Other main characters include Carl Tiflin Jody's father; Billy Buck an expert in horses and a working hand on the ranch; Mrs. Tiflin Jody's mother; Jody's grandfather Mrs. Tiflin's father, who has a history of crossing the Oregon Trail, and enjoys telling stories about his experiences; and Gitano an old man who wishes to die at the Tiflin ranch. Along with these stories, there is a short story (taken from one of Steinbeck's earlier works, The Pastures of Heaven) at the end of the book titled "Junius Maltby". Condition: Slipcase lightly soiled, edge wear else better than very good in a very good slipcase.