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THE MOON IS DOWN. Signedby Steinbeck, John
DescriptionNew York: Alfred A. Knopf., 1942 Presentation Copy. Sm. 8vo., 188pp., blue cloth with silver titles. True First Edition, very neatly inscribed by the author in blue-black fountain pen on the half title: "For Gordon and Selam / In grateful memory / John Steinbeck". A lovely very good or better copy of the first issue with all relevant issue points present; large period on p.112, line 11; absence of printer's name on copyright page. The rough-textured Frank Lieberman illustrated dustwrapper is first issue with the $2.00 price & untrimmed with all corners present & in fine, fresh condition. Steinbeck's unique novel on the abject brutality of German occupation and courage under much duress. In a custom clamshell collector's case. An exceptional example. Goldstone & Payne A16. "For the first time since he wrote his first novel, twelve years ago, Steinbeck has gone outside of America for his setting. Yet this book, more than any other he has written, is of our times and of our hearts today. Its people are men and women like ourselves, and its hero, Mayor Orden, will stand with George and Lennie, Tom Joad and Jody Tiflin, among the immortal characters of fiction."- Publisher. . 1st Edition. Illus. by Frank Lieberman. Similar books from this booksellerFrom this bookseller's TBCL Electronic List catalog.
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