Fine Literature & Modern Firsts

Lot #195:

STEINBECK, John (1902–1968). East of Eden. New York: The Vi...

STEINBECK, John (1902–1968). East of Eden. New York: The Viking Press, 1942. 8vo. Original publisher’s lime green cloth; original unclipped pictorial dust jacket. FIRST TRADE EDITION, and the basis for Elia Kazan’s 1955 film of the same title. In a PRISTINE DUST JACKET. Goldstone & Payne A32b.