Saint Katy the Virgin. by Steinbeck, John

New York: Covici Friede, 1936. First Edition. First edition. Copy #78 of 199 hand-numbered copies signed by John Steinbeck on the rear colophon. Bound in original decorated boards with brown cloth spine lettered in red. About Very Good with rubbing to the fragile boards, light foxing to endpapers, but spine lettering strong. In a Fair example of the unprinted wrapper, chipped and shrunken. Lacking ad slip. One of the most uncommon Steinbeck items, offered by his publishers as a Christmas gift.

New York: Covici Friede, 1936. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Limited Edition of 199 numbered copies signed by John Steinbeck, this being copy number 92. Printed by S. A. Jacobs at the Golden Eagle Press in Fleetwood, Mount Vernon, New York on hand made paper. Original glassine dustjacket is missing a 1" strip on the front panel. Book is fine with SAINT KATY THE VIRGIN in bright red lettering on a gilt cloth spine. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box..

NY: Covici Friede Inc.. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Original brown cloth spine with gilt-decorated boards. Limited edition #93 of 199 numbered copies signed by Steinbeck to the colophon. Printed by S. A. Jacobs at the Golden Eagle Press in Mount Vernon, NY. Red lettering to spine is partially rubbed away and board edges are rubbed through, with minor loss to points; there is a scratch to front board. The interior has scattered foxing and some glue darkening, and the ffep has been neatly torn away. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 25 pages; Signed by Author .

(New York: Covici Friede, 1936. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. 12mo. Quarter cloth titled in red and decorative paper covered boards as issued. Slight wear at the extremities of the fragile papercovered boards although considerably less than usually encountered, a near fine copy. Copy number 72 of 199 numbered copies Signed by the author.

New York: Covici Friede, 1936. STEVENS, Ashton. Full Description: STEINBECK, John. Saint Katy the Virgin. [New York: Covici Friede, 1936]. First edition, one of 199 numbered copies signed by Steinbeck, this being number 46. Twelvemo (6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches; 165 x 115 mm). [4], 25, [1, limitation page] pp. Half-title printed in red. Page 1 printed in red and black. Printed from Estienne type on Perusia hand made paper. This copy does not contain the "Merry Christmas" slip, sometimes found in this title. Original quarter brown cloth over gold, white and orange printed boards. Spine lettered in orange. Edges uncut. In publisher's original chipped glassine. Some rubbing to head and tail of spine and along board edges. Foxing and toning to front and rear endpapers, and slightly to title. Still a very good copy. Housed in a custom quarter morocco clamshell. "Roark is a bad man. His pig is a bad pig. They match in devilish temperament and violent deeds. Roark laughs at a drowned monk; his pig eats its own… Read More

n.p. (NY), Covici Friede, 1936, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover.. No. 143 of 199 copies Signed by John Steinbeck, this legendary rarity was issued as a Christmas gift for friends of the author and publisher, printed on hand-made Perusia paper by the Golden Eagle Press in Mount Vernon, NY, this story of a pig was with questionable chastity was later printed in Steinbeck's The Long Valley, Goldstone and Payne A6, Morrow 56. Very nearly fine copy of a scarce and fragile signed/limited edition.

New York: Morrow Junior Books., 1995. First edition.. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Stephen T. Johnson. Illustrated by Stephen T. Johnson. New York: Morrow Junior Books, (1995). First edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket. faint rumpling to the jacket, otherwise near fine. ISBN: 0688134645

Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.

First edition. Spine ends lightly rubbed, spine has small nick, small reddish stain to front cover and rear cover, otherwise very good or better. Lacks dust jacket.

New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478

Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.

C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.

Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.

Doubleday & Co., 1949. Used-very good. Hard Bound

The Man Who Lost His Head. By Claire Huchet Bishop. Viking Press, Copyright Renewed 1970. 16th Impression thus. Exlib. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original cover price $3.56. Wrap-around blue and white endpapers show a headless man walking past farm animals on his way to the fair to look for his head there. Pages are bright. Now protected in a mylar wrap. A fantasy illustrated by Robert McCloskey, author and illustrator of "Make Way For Ducklings". Summary: "A man wakes up to find that he has no head, so he goes looking for it." Hard title to find.

Mr. Munchausen .Used. Noyes, Platt & Company, Boston, 1901 First Edition. ILLUSTRATED BY PETER NEWELL, . artist/author of the "Hole Book" series. Used. Very Good / No DJ if originally issued. Front cover illustration in good shape. All colour plates present and affixed to the binding. No dust jacket is included if issued. Tight binding, gutters intact. Pages are fairly bright. A nice copy. Readers should get a Bangs out of it. 180 pages plus adverts.