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STEINBECK, JOHN. 1902-1968.
Cup of Gold. A Life of Henry Morgan, Buccaneer. New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1929.

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STEINBECK, JOHN. 1902-1968.

Cup of Gold. A Life of Henry Morgan, Buccaneer. New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1929.
8vo. Publisher's yellow cloth stamped in blue, blue topstain, original pictorial dust jacket. Minor edgewear to jacket, some fading to spine.

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF STEINBECK'S FIRST BOOK. Steinbeck was only 27 years old when he wrote Cup of Gold, his fictionalized life of Sir Henry Morgan. He later reflected that "the book was an immature experiment written for the purpose of getting all the wise cracks (known by sophomores as epigrams) and all the autobiographical material (which hounds us until we get it said) out of my system. And I really did not intend to publish it. The book accompanied its purgative purpose. I am no more concerned with myself very much. I can write about other people..." (A Life in Letters, p 17). Goldstone & Payne A1a.

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