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Sale 424: The Library of Roger Wagner (#424) 03/18/2010 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 03/18/2010 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #54 The Pearl

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Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500

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Description

Title:

The Pearl

Author:

Steinbeck, John

Place Published:

New York

Publisher:

Viking Press

Date Published:

1947

Description:

71 leaves, printed on rectos only. 11½x6, wrappers, cloth spine, printed and typed label affixed to front wrapper with clear tape, housed in a custom blue cloth clamshell box. Uncorrected Proof of the First Edition.

Uncorrected tall galley proof of the first edition, quite rare. (Goldstone-Payne A25.a).

Condition:

Fine condition - an exceedingly scarce Steinbeck item.

Item#:

126828

Headline:

Proof of Steinbeck's Pearl
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