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Cup of Gold.
by Steinbeck, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
NY, Robert M. McBride, 1929, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Author's First Book, first issue with top edge stained and with the final black leaf present, with the rare colorful pirate dust jacket illustrated by Mahlon Blaine, one of only 1,537 copies, published when Steinbeck was 27 years old and just two weeks before the 1929 stock market crash, a historical novel about the pirate Henry Morgan rendered in a purple prose manner quite unlike his realistic descriptive storytelling that followed, Goldstone & Payne A1a, Morrow 1. Very good book in a jacket with the usual spine color fade with chipping to top and bottom of spine, jacket with internal tape reinforcement.
Synopsis
A STANDOUT in the Steinbeck canon, Cup of Gold is edgy and adventurous, brash and distrustful of society, and sure to add a new dimension to the common perception of this all-American writer. Steinbeck's first novel and sole work of historical fiction contains themes that resonate throughout the author's prodigious body of work. From the mid-1650s through the 1660s, Henry Morgan, a pirate and outlaw of legendary viciousness, ruled the Spanish Main. He ravaged the coasts of Cuba and America, striking terror wherever he went. And he had two driving ambitions: to possess the beautiful woman called La Santa Roja, and to conquer Panama, the "cup of gold."
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Details
- Bookseller
- James M. Dourgarian, Bookman
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- JD30875
- Title
- Cup of Gold.
- Author
- Steinbeck, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- NY, Robert M. McBride, 1929, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
James M. Dourgarian, Bookman
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James M. Dourgarian, Bookman
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Concord, California
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Chipping
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