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PRESENTATION COPY FOR DAVE AND JOAN HEYLER. STEINBECK, JOHN. 1902-1968. The Pearl. New York: The Viking Press, 1947. image 1
PRESENTATION COPY FOR DAVE AND JOAN HEYLER. STEINBECK, JOHN. 1902-1968. The Pearl. New York: The Viking Press, 1947. image 2
PRESENTATION COPY FOR DAVE AND JOAN HEYLER. STEINBECK, JOHN. 1902-1968. The Pearl. New York: The Viking Press, 1947. image 3
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PRESENTATION COPY FOR DAVE AND JOAN HEYLER.
STEINBECK, JOHN. 1902-1968.
The Pearl. New York: The Viking Press, 1947.

25 October 2023, 14:00 EDT
New York

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PRESENTATION COPY FOR DAVE AND JOAN HEYLER.

STEINBECK, JOHN. 1902-1968. The Pearl. New York: The Viking Press, 1947.
8vo. Publisher's brown cloth, top edge green, dust jacket. Interior clean; light rubbing to head and tail of spine; minor toning to lower panel of jacket.
Provenance: John Steinbeck, presentation to David Heyler; by descent.

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED TO HIS NIECE AND NEPHEW-IN-LAW IN SPANISH: " For Dave & Joan / Cuando el diablo no tiene que hacer el escribe su rubrica / John Steinbeck." Loosely translated: "When the devil has nothing to do, he writes his name." This copy features the variant jacket with Steinbeck's portrait looking to the right. Goldstone & Payne A25a.

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