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Tortilla Flat
by STEINBECK, John
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
-
Rocky River, Ohio, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Penguin, 1946. First Paperback edition. Softcover. Near fine. Small octavo, 180pp. A near fine copy in the publisher's printed wraps. Cheap paper is evenly age-toned and the spine is very gently sunned. A few shallow corner chips to the first several leaves. This copy comes from the personal collection of Penguin Books co-founder Kurt Enoch, and is SIGNED by Steinbeck on the title page without inscription. Steinbeck signatures without clear provenance should be approached with caution. Though not the true first edition of this early Steinbeck title (and priced accordingly), this is a desirable signed copy with a pleasing literary connection.
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
- Cleveland Book Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6455
- Title
- Tortilla Flat
- Author
- STEINBECK, John
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Paperback edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- California, Cannery Row,
Terms of Sale
Cleveland Book Company
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About the Seller
Cleveland Book Company
Biblio member since 2017
Rocky River, Ohio
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As a small, independent bookseller in Cleveland, Ohio, I deal in general used, rare, and antiquarian books, autographs, manuscripts, pamphlets, and personal and family papers in all subjects. My family has been in the antiquarian book business since 1971. Are you moving, downsizing, or doing some spring cleaning? Did you inherit or otherwise come into some old books? Or, maybe you've collected modern novels from the last thirty or fifty years. No matter what kinds of books you have, we'd love to take a look at them! We travel throughout Ohio, western Pennsylvania and New York, southern Michigan, and eastern Indiana, and will travel farther in some cases to look at whole libraries or even just a few particularly interesting books. Give us a call at (216) 352-3940 and we can talk more about the kinds of books you have.
As a small, independent bookseller in Cleveland, Ohio, I deal in general used, rare, and antiquarian books, autographs, manuscripts, pamphlets, and personal and family papers in all subjects. My family has been in the antiquarian book business since 1971. Are you moving, downsizing, or doing some spring cleaning? Did you inherit or otherwise come into some old books? Or, maybe you've collected modern novels from the last thirty or fifty years. No matter what kinds of books you have, we'd love to take a look at them! We travel throughout Ohio, western Pennsylvania and New York, southern Michigan, and eastern Indiana, and will travel farther in some cases to look at whole libraries or even just a few particularly interesting books. Give us a call at (216) 352-3940 and we can talk more about the kinds of books you have.
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- Title Page
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- Octavo
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- Leaves
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- Sunned
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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