THE LONG VALLEY.
New York: The Viking Press, 1938. Octavo, title page printed in red and black, original terra cotta cloth with beige buckram shelf back, spine and rear panels stamped in terra cotta, top edge stained terra cotta. First edition. Steinbeck's first collection of short fiction. Goldstone and Payne A11a. Spine panel a bit tanned, age-darkening along gutter margins (a common occurrence with this book and here about average), a nearly fine copy in nearly fine pictorial dust jacket (priced $2.50 on the front flap) with rubbing at upper spine end and upper corner tips and light tanning to spine panel and lower edge of the front flap. A very nice copy. (23509). Item #23509
Price: $1,750.00
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