Cosmic Engineers. by Simak, Clifford D

Brunswick, Rutgers University Press, 1958, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. The first full-length critical study of Steinbeck, Goldstone & Payne F42, Morrow 591, very scarce in the first printing, this is a Review Copy with review slip, very scarce thus. Fine in a very good jacket.

Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1964, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Includes Robert Stone's first book appearance, Geraldine, as well as Walk Don't Run, both "excerpted from a novel which will be published by Houghton Mifflin Co. in the Fall of 1965," Colberg B13, one of 1,000 copies, although not called for, this copy is Signed by Wallace Stegner. Ink name, else fine in a very good jacket.

n.p. (NY), RCA Victor, 1955, first edition.. This is an original cast recording of Pipe Dream which was adapted from Steinbeck's novel, Sweet Thursday, by Rodgers and Hammerstein II, No. EP EOC-1023, includes three 45 rpm records housed in a folding slipcase, this copy carries the "SPECIAL ADVANCE EDITION" sticker on the front which some believe makes this a promotional copy, but, according to Miles Kreuger, president of the Institute of the American Musical, the cover credits omitted Judy Tyler's credit, these first issue album covers were then "fixed" by adding the advance edition label, inside liner notes by Rudolph Elie, Pipe Dream was presented in a number of formats, including this one, but none were in the Adrian H. Goldstone collection, this format not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or the Morrow catalogue. Records are fine, slipcase is near fine.

Sausalito, Contact Editions, 1961, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. With comment from various sources selected by Evan S. Connell, Jr.," profusely illustrated with photos by Jerry Stoll, inspired by Edward Steichen's Family of Man, most of the photos were taken during a six-month period near Telegraph Hill in San Francisco, this copy Inscribed by both Stoll and Connell, scarce. Very good.

Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1935, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Second issue jacket with a lengthy commentary by John Steinbeck which is prominently featured all over the jacket (the first issue jacket is simply illustrated without being plastered with Steinbeck's praise for this experimental novel), Goldstone & Payne G30, not recorded by Morrow. Fine in a near fine jacket.

Brunswick, Rutgers University Press, 1958, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. The first full-length critical study of Steinbeck, Goldstone & Payne F42, Morrow 591, very scarce in the first printing, this is a Review Copy with review slip, very scarce thus. Fine in a very good jacket.

Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1964, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Includes Robert Stone's first book appearance, Geraldine, as well as Walk Don't Run, both "excerpted from a novel which will be published by Houghton Mifflin Co. in the Fall of 1965," Colberg B13, one of 1,000 copies, although not called for, this copy is Signed by Wallace Stegner. Ink name, else fine in a very good jacket.

n.p. (NY), RCA Victor, 1955, first edition.. This is an original cast recording of Pipe Dream which was adapted from Steinbeck's novel, Sweet Thursday, by Rodgers and Hammerstein II, No. EP EOC-1023, includes three 45 rpm records housed in a folding slipcase, this copy carries the "SPECIAL ADVANCE EDITION" sticker on the front which some believe makes this a promotional copy, but, according to Miles Kreuger, president of the Institute of the American Musical, the cover credits omitted Judy Tyler's credit, these first issue album covers were then "fixed" by adding the advance edition label, inside liner notes by Rudolph Elie, Pipe Dream was presented in a number of formats, including this one, but none were in the Adrian H. Goldstone collection, this format not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or the Morrow catalogue. Records are fine, slipcase is near fine.

Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1935, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Second issue jacket with a lengthy commentary by John Steinbeck which is prominently featured all over the jacket (the first issue jacket is simply illustrated without being plastered with Steinbeck's praise for this experimental novel), Goldstone & Payne G30, not recorded by Morrow. Fine in a near fine jacket.

NY, Harper & Bros., 1954, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak internally as well as on both endpapers and dust jacket, with all the proper first edition points ($1.75 price on jacket with both 30-70 No. 5226A code on front jacket flap and No. 5227A code on rear jacket flap). A very pleasing copy.