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STEINBECK, John (1902–1968). The First Watch. [Los Angeles, CA: The Ward Ritchie Press for the author and Marguerite and Louis Henry Cohn], Christmas 1947. 16mo. Pictorial title–page lettered in black and red. Original publisher’s buff printed wrappers with hand ties. Provenance: Ward Ritchie (1905–1996), book label. LIMITED EDITION, one of 60 copies (and some out–of–series copies), this copy unnumbered (10 were reserved for Steinbeck and the remaining fifty for distribution by the Cohns). WARD RITCHIE’S COPY with his personal book label. Goldstone & Payne A26a.