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STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). Cannery Row. New York: Viking Press, 1945.
8vo. Original blue-lettered buff cloth, top edge stained blue; original unclipped dust jacket (spine gently sunned, few tiny spots of rubbing at extreme ends , else fine).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE of Steinbeck’s novel set in Monterey, California on a street lined with sardine canneries. There was not enough of the buff cloth to complete the run, so a canary-yellow cloth was selected to bind the remainder. Goldstone & Payne A22.a.
[With:] the first edition, second state binding of this title, also in dust jacket.