[Rarebooks] FS: John Steinbeck SIGNED Letter about the release of THE GRAPES OF WRATH

[Charles Agvent]

STEINBECK, John. TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS). Los Gatos, n.d. [April 
1939]. One-page TYPED LETTER SIGNED in full in ink to Mrs. Holman [Zena 
Holman, wife of Wilfred Rensselar Holman of the historic Holman's 
Department Store in Pacific Grove, CA], responding to her question about 
the release of THE GRAPES OF WRATH on 5 April 1939 after it was 
scheduled for release on the 14th by Viking. Evidently bookstores began 
selling them earlier, and she has written him directly to ask if she 
can. Steinbeck writes: "I don't know why they have these release dates 
which no one keeps anyway. Apparently this book is being sold all over 
the state. And if one store does it I can't see any reason for others 
not to." She must have inquired about a pamphlet she saw in San 
Francisco that was being sold. "Enclosed is probably the pamphlet you 
speak of. I did not know that it was being sold or anything about it 
except that a few were sent me by Viking. As to the one in San Francisco 
you speak of, I have never heard of it." The pamphlet Steinbeck 
sent—JOHN STEINBECK. PERSONAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES--by Lewis 
Gannett, published by Viking in 1939, 14 pages, is included here with 
the letter. With the envelope. Creases from mailing, including the 
pamphlet which has a vertical crease. Near Fine. (#021373)        $2,500

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