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The Wayward Bus
by John Steinbeck
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Roanoke, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1947. 312 pages. Clean, well bound, someone did write "March 1947" on the first fly leaf. Light brown boards with title on front cover in gilt. The dust jacket is pretty good save for the some chipping on the DJ fold edges, and the spine top corners. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of America's greatest writers and cultural figures. Over the next year, his many works, beginning with the six shown here, will be published as black-spine Penguin Classics for the first time and will feature eye-catching, newly commissioned art.Of this initial group of six titles, The Wayward Bus is in a new edition. An imaginative and unsentimental chronicle of a bus traveling California's back roads. This allegorical novel of pilgrimage includes a new introduction by Gary Scharnhorst.Penguin Classics is proud to present these seminal works to a new generation of readers—and to the many who revisit them again and again.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bear Ridge Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000488
- Title
- The Wayward Bus
- Author
- John Steinbeck
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Pages
- 312
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Book Room; First Editions;
Terms of Sale
Bear Ridge Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bear Ridge Books
Biblio member since 2010
Roanoke, Virginia
About Bear Ridge Books
OFFERING ~ Many Military related arenas, especially World War II, both in fiction and non-fiction, hardcover and paperbacks. *-First editions in Fiction and Non in numerous genres. A Few Antiquarian editions, and soon to be a listing of 2000 + vintage paperbacks to chose from. Also, some vintage magazines and comics.. Also featured is an extensive library full of World Art and Modern Music titles.
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- Chipping
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- Gilt
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