Cannery Row
New York: The Viking Press, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. [6], 1-208, [2] pp. Yellow mustard cloth with blue lettering and blue rules on the front board, blue lettering on the spine; blue topstain. Price of $2.00 on the front flap of the jacket. Jacket by Arthur Hawkins, Jr. First issue with boards covered in the light buff cloth, not the canary yellow. Ahearn APG 024c. Goldstone & Payne A22b. Holmes A23b. An attractive copy of Steinbeck's novel set in Monterey, the city on the ocean famous for its once sprawling sardine-packing industry. The author spins a yarn of working people and their will to exist in central California. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #000016839
A touch of foxing to the front joint and the topstain gently sunned; jacket lightly rubbed at two of its corners and its spine panel.
Price: $1,800.00