TORTILLA FLAT
(1935)
First edition of this oft-comical tale of post-World War I Monterey, following the exploits of a wine-loving and vaguely Arthurian group of paisanos, a beautiful copy in the scarce original dust jacket.
New Arrivals
ONCE THERE WAS A WAR
1958
First edition of this collection of articles written for the NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE during Steinbeck's time as a war correspondent in World War II.
OF MICE AND MEN: A Play In 3 Acts
(1937)
First edition of the play version of John Steinbeck's landmark work, following the tragedy of two migrant farm workers in the Great Depression.
THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT
1961
First trade edition of Steinbeck's last novel published during his lifetime, a story of the clash between the desire to live a good, moral life and the expectations of society.
SWEET THURSDAY
1954
First edition of Steinbeck's return to CANNERY ROW, following up on the stories of the motley inhabitants of the California community.
GRAPES OF WRATH
(1939)
First edition of the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning novel that made Steinbeck a household name.
THE MOON IS DOWN
1942
Signed first edition of this tale of resistance written in the early days of America's participation in World War II, adapted into a play and a film.
THE LONG VALLEY
1938
First edition of this collection of short stories in and about California's Salinas Valley, where Steinbeck was born.
CANNERY ROW
1945
First edition, first state of a collection of vignettes about the earnest and sometimes comedic characters of CANNERY ROW as they live through the Depression.
CHIEFS
(1981)
Inscribed first edition of Woods' Edgar Award-winning first novel, following three generations of police chiefs as they hunt a serial killer.
HORATIO'S DRIVE
2003
Signed first edition of this beautifully-produced book charting the first cross-country America road trip, based on a Ken Burns documentary of the same title.
HAWAII
(1959)
Signed limited first edition, first printing of this sweeping collection of episodes from the history of HAWAII, adapted into an Oscar-nominated film starring Julie Andrews.
HAWAII
(1959)
Signed first trade edition, first printing of this sweeping epic recounting the history of HAWAII, adapted into an Oscar-nominated film starring Julie Andrews.
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
(1955)
First edition of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning third play, adapted into the 1958 film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman.
THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE
1935
First edition in English of the classic Western tale of three Americans' quest for gold in Mexico, adapted into an Oscar-winning movie starring Humphrey Bogart.
CALIFORNIA: The Land Of The Sun
(1914)
First edition of this illustrated ode to the beauty of California, in a striking publisher's cloth binding designed by Henry Hunt Clark – in excellent condition.
TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
1947
Inscribed first edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the Pacific campaign of WWII, adapted into a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical and a film.
CHESAPEAKE
(1978)
Signed first trade edition, first printing of this epic tale of 400 years on and around Maryland's Eastern Shore.
SAYONARA
(1954)
Signed first edition, first printing of this tale of love and the difficulties of interracial marriage during the Korean War, adapted into an Oscar-winning film starring Marlon Brando.
BACON'S ESSAYS, SYDNEY EDITION
1912
Finely printed and bound edition, based upon a 1673 collection of Bacon's philosophical essays, designed by A. A. Turbayne.
SPHERE
1987
First edition of this undersea psychological thriller, later adapted into a film starring Dustin Hoffman and Samuel L. Jackson.
ANGELS AND DEMONS
(2000)
Signed first edition of this mystery thriller, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon's first outing, in which he takes on the Illuminati – adapted into a 2009 film starring Tom Hanks.
THE MOONSHINE WAR
1969
First edition of this comedic and explosive Prohibition-era drama, featuring whiskey, gangsters, and dynamite – adapted into a film in 1970.
MISTER ROBERTS
1946
First edition of this story of the men of a WWII Naval Auxiliary ship as they wage "war" against boredom, apathy, and their "pig-headed" captain – adapted into a 1955 film starring Henry Fonda and James Cagney.
MASH
1968
First edition of this darkly humorous story of the doctors of the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH), the basis for the Oscar-winning film and hit Emmy Award-winning TV series.
