In Dubious Battle

Covici Friede, 1936 SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION. A magnificent copy. This limited edition of 99 copies is authentically SIGNED by John Steinbeck. This copy is number 37. The book is in amazing shape and appears UNREAD. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning, and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in… Read more

Covici Friede, 1936 First Edition, First printing. A spectacular copy. This ORIGINAL First Issue dustjacket is vibrant in color with minor wear to the edges. The book is in excellent shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks… Read more

New York: Covici-Friede Publishers, 1936. First edition of this "dramatically intense, beautifully written novel" (The New Republic); the first book in Steinbeck's Dustbowl trilogy, which was followed by Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by John Steinbeck on the front free endpaper in a contemporary hand. Near fine in a near fine… Read more

Covici Friede, 1936. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Near fine signed first limited edition as stated on colophon. Signed by John Steinbeck on colophon. Number 53 of 99 signed copies. Very light shelf wear. Light tanning between boards and endpapers. Slightly spine-cocked. Housed in slipcase.

first edition. NY, Covici Friede, 1936, first edition. With publisher's black paper-covered slipcase with orange spine label, this is No. 23 of just 99 copies Signed by Steinbeck, this is also the best strike novel of the 20th Century, Steinbeck's best friend and philosophical mentor, Ed Ricketts, makes his first of many appearances in a Steinbeck novel, he appears… Read more

Covici-Friede, New York, 1936 First Edition, First printing. An attractive dustjacket that is rich in color with light wear to the spine and panels. This original dustjacket has the publisher's printed price present on the front flap. The book is in nice shape. The binding is tight with light wear to the boards. The pages are clean with NO marks… Read more

New York:: Covici Friede,, [1936].. First edition; No. 52 of 99 copies, signed by John Steinbeck.. publisher's cloth in glassine wrapper and publisher's slipcase.. A fine copy. The glassine wrapper has some chipping to edges and a dime-sized hole to the center of the spine. The slipcase printed paper label is bright. The slipcase is… Read more

Covici-Friede, New York, 1936 First Edition, First Printing. This First Issue dustjacket has the publisher's $2.50 printed price present on the front flap with some wear to the spine and edges. The book is in great shape and is bound in the publisher's orange cloth. The binding is tight and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO… Read more

Covici-Friede, 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. A fine first edition in a very good dust jacket. Octavo (8" x 5 3/8"); 349pp. Publisher's tangerine-colored cloth, the spine ruled in red and titled in black, the top edge stained red; in the original, completely unrestored pictorial dust jacket, priced at $2.50 [Goldstone & Payne A5b]. The first novel… Read more

New York: Covici-Friede, 1936. First Edition. Signed by the author in 1936; signature a little blotted; a good copy in a worn and mended dust jacket.

Covici-Friede, New York, 1936 First Edition, First Printing. This First Issue dustjacket has the publisher's $2.50 printed price present on the front flap with some wear to the spine and top front panel of the dustjacket. The book is in excellent condition and appears UNREAD. The book is bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's cloth with slight wear to the edges.… Read more

New York: Covici, Friede,, 1936. Octavo. Original orange cloth printed in black and red, top edge red. With the dust jacket. Boards a little spotted, top edge faintly faded and with a few spots, endpapers lightly foxed. A very good copy in a slightly edge-chipped jacket with a toned spine panel and tape repairs to the verso. First… Read more

New York: Covici Friede, 1936. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Minor archival reinforcement to verso of jacket. Jacket bright, with only minor chipping and small tears, wear to folds. Book very good or better, without signatures or bookplates.

NY: Covici Friede Inc.. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Orange/yellow cloth lined in red, titled in black; slightly faded red topstain. First edition. Board corners mildly frayed. Backstrip a bit softened. Page following full title page has a tear along gutter, from the top nearly halfway down. Pages lightly toned, with a… Read more

Covici Friede, 1936. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Jacket. First Edition $2.50 On Flap. Steinbeck's Rarest Trade Edition in Excellent Condition. Without Usual Chippings.Wonderful Fresh Copy..

Covici Friede , 1936. Very good plus with minor soiling to boards and slight shelfwear, otherwise clean and tight. In a very good dust jacket (price clipped) with a bit of chipping at spine ends and corners. An attractive copy of Steinbeck's fourth book.. 1st Edition.

Heinemann, London., 1936. First U.K. edition. Octavo. pp [viii], 304. The first in what became known as "The Dustbowl trilogy".Neat contemporary (1939) ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Edges spotted. Spine slightly faded with a puncture mark a third of the way down. Very good in the second issue dustwrapper (''3s.6d.'' on spine) which is very good, chipped, nicked,… Read more

New York: Covici Friede, 1936. Solid copy in yellow boards with red ruled lining and black lettering. Red topstain. First printing. Unmarked, clean copy with light to moderate wear. Price intact jacket is second printing (so stated on spine) but same as first but for that. There are two shallow chips and 1' crease on… Read more

London: Heinemann. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Navy cloth/gilt. First UK edition. Cloth has evidence of dampstain due to its two-toned appearance, and the gilt is dulled. Scattered foxing primarily to block edges and prelims, and some dampstains to endpage edges. Bookstore ticket to front pastedown. Unmarked, tight and square. … Read more

New York: Covici-Friede, 1936. First Edition. Spotting on the top edge; very good or better in a dust jacket with considerable staining and repair of the spine.

first edition. NY, Covici Friede, 1936, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Perhaps the best strike novel of the 20th Century, Steinbeck's best friend and philosophical mentor, Ed Ricketts, makes his first of many appearances in a Steinbeck novel, he appears as Doc Burton, Steinbeck would use Ricketts and their shared philosophy in many other novels, this was also Steinbeck's… Read more

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New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1936. Reprint. Hardcover. Very good/good +. Octavo, 349pp. A very good copy, gently cocked, with a contmporary gift inscription on the front free endpaper. In the scarce dust jacket, good or better, split nearly halfway at the front flap and with some chipping at the extremities. This is what you might call a… Read more

Rare first edition of "In Dubious Battle" by John Steinbeck with its very scarce dust jacket. 1936 1st Edition Thus (first edition by this publisher), 1st Printing; Blue Ribbon Books; New York. The dust jacket comes in a clear protective sleeve (not shown). A unique, hard-to-find edition for the Steinbeck collector. IN DUBIOUS BATTLE At once a relentlessly fast-paced, admirably observed novel… Read more

New York: Covici Fride, 1936. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 349 pages; VG-/none; with facsimile dust jacket; bound in orange cloth with black lettering and red lines; small closed tear to head of spine; binding slightly loose; small closed tear to gutter of title page; discoloration to title page, presumably from newspaper; top edge of text block red;… Read more

New York: Sun Dial Press, 1940. Reprint edition. Hardcover. Near fine/fair. 349 p. 21 cm. Orange cloth hardcover in mylar-covered dustjacket. Jacket has chipped edges and corners, sunned spine. Minor offsetting to endpapers.

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Hardcover. Very Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

Modern Library, 1947. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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New York: Covici Friede, 1936. First edition. . Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. Publisher's advertising pamphlet only (no book), single page folded into quarters. Cover replicates artwork of the jacket for In Dubious Battle; rear ads for Steinbeck's previous novels available from Covici Friede (Tortilla Flat in sixth printing, To a God Unknown and Pastures of Heaven in… Read more

New York: Covici, Friede, 1936. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1936 1st edition of this, John Steinbeck's fifth novel. VG- in its yellow cloth, with darkening at the gutters, soiling to the panels and spine and light wear at the spine crown. This copy is from the library of Maxwell Geismar, pre-eminent mid-century literary critic, whose name… Read more

Hardcover. New.

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Modern Library, 1939. First Modern Library edition, first printing. Pages and binding lightly toned, near fine in near fine, but toned dust jacket in mylar cover.

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New York: Blue Ribbon Books Copyright is 1936. 349 pages. A well-thumbed, but solid copy of this reprint published the same year as the first edition. Orange cloth covers with a little wear at crown and corners. There are a couple of small white stains seen on the spine cover, and a small tear in the… Read more

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Nice HC+DJ Same day shipping.Like New

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