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Tortilla Flat
by John Steinbeck
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking, 1947. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Peggy Worthington. 1947 Illustrated Edition with 17 FANTASTIC color illustrations by Peggy Worthington, also illustrated end papers in full color, Book is near Fine, tight and square with tight binding, bottom corner light bump, No previous owner bookplate or writing, publisher's quarter bound with black cloth spine with bright gilt title, green cloth board show a bit of toning on top half inch, nice uniform green topstain. Jacket is at least Very Good Plus, original $6 price intact, light corner wear, spine lightly chipped on head and heel and darken a bit, rear panel a little darker on top edge and 1.5 inches along spine, still shows bright and clean in a new mylar sleeve. Volume is 9.5 inches height by 6.85 inches in width. Very nice Steinbeck classic at a bargain price. Professionally shipped. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003336
- Title
- Tortilla Flat
- Author
- John Steinbeck
- Illustrator
- Peggy Worthington
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- John Steinbeck, Tortilla Flat, Peggy Worthington, Monterey California
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Fine
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