East of Eden by Steinbeck, John - 1952

E-261: Viking Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1952. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. The Viking Press, New York. 1952. 602 pgs. Signed by John Steinbeck on the limitation page. One of a limited edition of 1500 copies. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in green cloth with gilt titles present to the spine and the front board. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden "the first book," and indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. Set in the rich farmland of California's Salinas Valley, this sprawling and often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families—the Trasks and the Hamiltons—whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 602 pages; Signed by Author .