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John Steinbeck. To a God Unknown....
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Description
John Steinbeck. To a God Unknown. New York: Robert O. Ballou, [1933].8vo. Publisher's green cloth gilt, illustrated endpapers, top edge stained black; original illustrated dust jacket.
FIRST EDITION of the author's scarce third book, FIRST ISSUE. Though 1,498 copies were printed, only 598 were bound and sold.
Condition: Light dampstaining to cloth; edges just lightened. Dust jacket unclipped (priced "$2.00"); backed in linen, repairing dampstaining and resulting splits in folds; color correction to flap folds (recto and verso); some edgewear with a few chips; some rubbing to rear panel; other mild soiling.
References: Goldstone and Payne A3a.
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2025 December 15 Rare Books Signature® Auction #6323 (go to Auction Home page)
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December, 2025
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