Click for full-size.
The Wayward Bus (In Odd Binding State)
by Steinbeck, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine Book/Very Good Dustjacket
- Seller
-
Pasadena, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1947. First Edition, First Issue 1st Printing. Red Cloth. Near Fine Book/Very Good Dustjacket. First Printing. First Issue, With Design In Lighter Color On Front Cover, No Book Club Dot. Apparently Not The Usual Printing, As The Book Is 1 Mm Thinner, 2.3Cm, And The Gilt Lettering Is Overprinted Neatly With Evenly Applied Black Printed Ink Which Is Just Beginning To Flake Off The Underlying Brilliant Gilt. A Very Clean Copy, Cover Gilt Brilliant, Dusty Top Edge, Slight Rubbing At Corners Without Fraying. Dust Jacket Clean, Not Price-Clipped ($2.75), Wear At Edges And Corners, With Small Losses (Up To 1/4" Deep But Not Large) At Corners Due To Wear, Some Browning To All Panels, Round Area With Light Staining In Upper Right Of Rear Panel.
Synopsis
Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of America's greatest writers and cultural figures. Over the next year, his many works, beginning with the six shown here, will be published as black-spine Penguin Classics for the first time and will feature eye-catching, newly commissioned art.Of this initial group of six titles, The Wayward Bus is in a new edition. An imaginative and unsentimental chronicle of a bus traveling California's back roads. This allegorical novel of pilgrimage includes a new introduction by Gary Scharnhorst.Penguin Classics is proud to present these seminal works to a new generation of readers—and to the many who revisit them again and again.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Seller
- Arroyo Seco Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 030377
- Title
- The Wayward Bus (In Odd Binding State)
- Author
- Steinbeck, John
- Format/Binding
- Red Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Book
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Issue 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare And Unusual Books; Literature: Twentieth and Twenty-First Century;
Terms of Sale
Arroyo Seco Books
Payment by credit card, check, PayPal or, for orders over $1000, by bank transfer. US Shipping by USPS media mail, at standard rate shown, but large or heavy items may require additional postage. Shipments valued over $200 may be sent with insurance, and/or with signature confirmation required. International shipments sent only by insured USPS mail (Priority Mail or Priority Express Mail or Express Guaranteed). Shipments to the UK may require additional shipping charges to provide insurance as they lack a nationally insured postal system. Sales within California and many other states are subject to sales tax. International shipments may be subject to Customs duties or fees and/or VAT which are the responsibility of the buyer. Postage will not be refunded for unaccepted packages; please review your order for correct addressing.
About the Seller
Arroyo Seco Books
Biblio member since 2013
Pasadena, California
About Arroyo Seco Books
Arroyo Seco Books lists about 26,000 used books in all fields, including physics, art, philosophy, social science, literature, science fiction, etc. We also stock modern and antiquarian prints and other art. Most items are listed in 100 catalogs titled by subject matter, and available on this site. We purchase interesting private libraries. Member of IOBA. Contact: Stephen Clauser, 626-372-3863.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Collecting The Beat Generation
The Beat Generation was born out of WWII, and it still continues to exert considerable influence on today’s literary scene. Biblio sellers have a fantastic collection of Beat Generation books and ephemera for browsing.
Signed vs. Inscribed
Know what you are getting into when purchasing rare books, and learn the difference between signed books and inscribed books.
![Children Of The Dark [Rebel Without A Cause]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/407/209/696209407.0.m.jpg)
