[Rarebooks] Steinbeck remembers his friends in wintertime.

[Serendipity Books]

A38a    THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT.   NY: 
Viking, 1961.  Dark blue cloth, olive-brown 
endpapers.  Fine in double dust jacket, the 
pictorial inner cover priced $4.50; the outer 
clear plastic cover bearing lettering in 
red:  "LIMITED EDITION."   Fine.  Presentation 
copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper "For 
John Gunther / back to the beach shall we? / John 
Steinbeck.".  Steinbeck gave to Gunther a copy of 
THE MOON IS DOWN (first issue) in 1942 “with 
love”.   First edition, first printing, with red 
and white headband, and much heavier than the 
trade version.   The limited issue is difficult 
to find in fine condition, with both jackets intact.  $12,500.00



A38b   THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT.   NY: 
Viking, 1961.  Turquoise cloth, white 
endpapers,  a couple light spots on the fore 
edges.  Fine in dust jacket (slightly worn), 
priced $4.50.  Presentation copy,  inscribed on 
the free front endpaper "For Sylvia [Lyons] with 
pleasure / John Steinbeck."       Steinbeck gave 
to both Sylvia and Lenny Lyons in 1954 a first 
edition of SWEET THURSDAY inscribed  "For Sylvia 
+ Lenny [Lyons] avec l'amelié / John Steinbeck 
7.O."    First trade edition, first printing.   $8500.00



Inquiries welcomed; responses will follow January 
20, 2007, as we are off to Burma in 4 
hours.   Happy, Healthy, Safe  New Year, to all; may peace arise. ASH + PBH



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