Fine Books & Manuscripts

Steinbeck, John. Cannery Row. New York: The Viking Press, 1945. First edition, first printing. Second state canary-yellow cloth, blue top stain, pictorial dust jacket. 8vo. Few small chips to head of spinal panel, some toning and discoloration to rear panel; with small pencil notation, joints slightly soiled, else a bright copy. Originally issued in a buff-colored cloth; there was not enough of the buff cloth to complete the run, so canary-yellow cloth was selected to bind the remainder, as this copy. Goldstone-Payne A22.b.