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Tortilla Flat

Tortilla Flat

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Tortilla Flat

by John Steinbeck

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  • Hardcover
Condition
Collectible; Very Good/Very Good
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About This Item

New York: Covici Friede, 1935. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. 6th printing, November, 1935---just months after the May, 1935 1st printing. IN THE UNCOMMON DUSTJACKET. VG- with light soiling along the panels and spine. In a bright, price-intact, VG- dustjacket, with light chipping to the spine extremities, light soiling to the front and back panels and darkening to the spine. Several small closed tears as well and rather acute foxing to the gutters. Also, small, neat former owner inscription to flyleaf. In spite of all this, a presentable copy of an elusive title in condition. 12mo, 317 pgs.

Synopsis

Tortilla Flat (1935) is an early Steinbeck novel set in Monterey, California. The book portrays with great sympathy and humour a group of paisanos (fellows/countrymen), denouncing society by enjoying life and wine in the idyllic days after the end of the Great War and preceding U.S. prohibition. Tortilla Flat was made into a film in 1942. Steinbeck would later return to the some of the panhandling locals of Monterey (though not the Spanish paisanos of the Flat) in his novel Cannery Row (1945).

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Details

Bookseller
Appledore Books, ABAA US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
2247
Title
Tortilla Flat
Author
John Steinbeck
Format/Binding
Cloth
Book Condition
Used - Collectible; Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Covici Friede
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1935
Keywords
Rare Steinbeck, Collectible John Steinbeck, Steinbeckiana

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About the Seller

Appledore Books, ABAA

Seller rating:
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Glossary

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12mo
A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Chipping
A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....

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