Tortilla Flat.
by John Steinbeck
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY Bantam Books, 1965. Paperback First Edition Thus (1965), not directly stated, but implied by lack of subsequent printings cited. First Edition Thus (1965), not directly stated, but implied by lack of subsequent printings cited, as would have been Bantam's customary practice at the time of publication. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: just a hint of wear along the outside edge of the backstrip, where it meets the front panel; mild rubbing to the panels of the wrapper covers; a couple of faint creases top to bottom of the backstrip and a couple of very small, very faint stress creases to the panels; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. . Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing very light wear and a couple of unobtrusive cosmetic flaws. Not far from 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. (7 x 4.25 x 0.55 inches). viii, 151 pages. Language: English. Weight: 4.5 ounces. Bantam Books No.H3019, Mass Market Paperback.
Synopsis
Tortilla Flat (1935) is an early Steinbeck novel set in Monterey, California. The book portrays with great sympathy and humour a group of paisanos (fellows/countrymen), denouncing society by enjoying life and wine in the idyllic days after the end of the Great War and preceding U.S. prohibition. Tortilla Flat was made into a film in 1942. Steinbeck would later return to the some of the panhandling locals of Monterey (though not the Spanish paisanos of the Flat) in his novel Cannery Row (1945).
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- Seller
- Black Cat Hill Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 52662
- Title
- Tortilla Flat.
- Author
- John Steinbeck
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus (1965), not directly stated, but implied by l
- Publisher
- Bantam Books,
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1965.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classic English Literature; Classic American Literature; Fiction: Collectible Paperbacks; Contemporary Fiction; American Popular Fiction; Vintage Popular Fiction; Modern Fiction First Editions;
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