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John Steinbeck. Cup of Gold. A Life of Henry Morgan, Buccaneer. With Occasional Reference to History....
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John Steinbeck. Cup of Gold. A Life of Henry Morgan, Buccaneer. With Occasional Reference to History. New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1929.8vo. Publisher's bright gold cloth, spine and front board lettered in black, top edge stained blue; original illustrated dust jacket; clamshell.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE of Steinbeck's first book. McBride printed 2,476 copes of the first edition, though 939 were remaindered and became the second issue, produced by Covici Friede. Only 1,537 copies of the first issue were thus produced.
Condition: Very light edgewear to boards; minor wear along joints; bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown. Dust jacket decoratively clipped as issued, retaining price (priced "$2.50"); some edgewear with a few chips; spine panel sunned; light rubbing; pale spotting.
References: Goldstone and Payne A1a.
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2025 December 15 Rare Books Signature® Auction #6323 (go to Auction Home page)
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