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JEAN HERSHOLT COPIES OF THE MOON IS DOWN. STEINBECK, JOHN. 1902-1968.
1. The Moon is Down. New York: The Viking Press, 1942.
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JEAN HERSHOLT COPIES OF THE MOON IS DOWN.
STEINBECK, JOHN. 1902-1968.
1. The Moon is Down. New York: The Viking Press, 1942.
8vo. Publisher's printed wrappers, housed in separate dust wrapper with blank flaps. Very minor shelfwear, to upper edge and spine.
FIRST EDITION, advance wrappered issue, one of 700 copies. Goldstone & Payne A16a.
2. Another copy. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth, top edge blue, dust jacket. Minor crease to lower right corner of lower jacket panel, otherwise very fine.
FIRST EDITION, trade hardcover issue, first printing. Goldstone & Payne A16b.
3. The Moon is Down: Play in Two Parts. New York: Dramatists Play Service, Inc., 1942.
8vo. Publisher's yellow wrappers printed in black. FIRST EDITION, first issue of the dramatic version of the novel. Goldstone & Payne A17a.
4. Another copy. New York: The Viking Press, 1942.
Publisher's light blue cloth stamped in blue, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, hardcover issue, of the dramatic version, one of 250 copies bound up by Viking using the DPS sheets. Goldstone & Payne A17b.
Provenance: first title purchased by David Heyler from Joseph the Provider, October 14, 1986 (receipt laid in); other titles ex-Jean Hersholt (small library tag in second title; signed bookplates 3rd and 4th titles, dealer receipts).
Among David Heyler's correspondence with book dealers, we found a letter from Marguerite Cohn dated March 11, 1954, alerting him to the upcoming sale of Jean Hersholt's books at Parke-Bernet Galleries, March 23-24, 1954. Heyler instead had one of the Dawson brothers bid for him. Tucked into Cohn's letter is a carbon of a receipt from Dawson's Book Shop for the purchase of "Moon is Down $27.50 / Tortilla Flat $17.50 / Jean Hersholt Auction," along with the original book tag and price. The Moon is Down sold for significantly more than Tortilla Flat.
1. The Moon is Down. New York: The Viking Press, 1942.
8vo. Publisher's printed wrappers, housed in separate dust wrapper with blank flaps. Very minor shelfwear, to upper edge and spine.
FIRST EDITION, advance wrappered issue, one of 700 copies. Goldstone & Payne A16a.
2. Another copy. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth, top edge blue, dust jacket. Minor crease to lower right corner of lower jacket panel, otherwise very fine.
FIRST EDITION, trade hardcover issue, first printing. Goldstone & Payne A16b.
3. The Moon is Down: Play in Two Parts. New York: Dramatists Play Service, Inc., 1942.
8vo. Publisher's yellow wrappers printed in black. FIRST EDITION, first issue of the dramatic version of the novel. Goldstone & Payne A17a.
4. Another copy. New York: The Viking Press, 1942.
Publisher's light blue cloth stamped in blue, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, hardcover issue, of the dramatic version, one of 250 copies bound up by Viking using the DPS sheets. Goldstone & Payne A17b.
Provenance: first title purchased by David Heyler from Joseph the Provider, October 14, 1986 (receipt laid in); other titles ex-Jean Hersholt (small library tag in second title; signed bookplates 3rd and 4th titles, dealer receipts).
Among David Heyler's correspondence with book dealers, we found a letter from Marguerite Cohn dated March 11, 1954, alerting him to the upcoming sale of Jean Hersholt's books at Parke-Bernet Galleries, March 23-24, 1954. Heyler instead had one of the Dawson brothers bid for him. Tucked into Cohn's letter is a carbon of a receipt from Dawson's Book Shop for the purchase of "Moon is Down $27.50 / Tortilla Flat $17.50 / Jean Hersholt Auction," along with the original book tag and price. The Moon is Down sold for significantly more than Tortilla Flat.