Tortilla Flat
by John Steinbeck
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Poor
- Seller
-
Kingston, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1935. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Good/Poor. Ruth Gannett. hardcover in tan buckram boards with blue title decorations, only rear cover and both inside flaps remain of DJ, second printing along with $2.50 are stated on front inside flap of DJ, inner hinges are well preserved and end papers are without any markings, slight spine lean, age markings to top and bottom edge of spine
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
- Philosopher's Stone Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002358
- Title
- Tortilla Flat
- Author
- John Steinbeck
- Illustrator
- Ruth Gannett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Printing
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
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- Buckram
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....