THE RED PONY
by John Steinbeck
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
A very good hardcover. A couple of tiny blemishes as shown in the pictures. No dust jacket as published. The pages are clean and the binding is excellent. Wesley Dennis (illustrator). First Illustrated Edition. Copyright date 1945. Beige cloth over boards with blue border around the front panel gilt lettering on the blue background on the spine and a glued on illustration of a colt on the front board. All page edges tinted dark blue. Illustrated throughout.
Synopsis
"The Red Pony" is an episodic novella written by American writer John Steinbeck in 1933. The first three chapters were published in magazines from 1933–1936, and the full book was published in 1937 by Viking Penguin. The stories in the book are tales of a boy named Jody Tiflin. The book has four different stories about Jody and his life on his father's California ranch.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Masons' Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2961
- Title
- THE RED PONY
- Author
- John Steinbeck
- Illustrator
- Wesley Dennis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Thus
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Pages
- 131
- Size
- 9.5" X 6.5"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Vintage, Children, Horses, Animals, Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Young Adult; Horses;
Terms of Sale
Masons' Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Masons' Books
Biblio member since 2017
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
About Masons' Books
We specialize in vintage young adult and children's literature. Also nautical, biography and historical books that are part of American and Canadian history. We are located in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and have been in the book business for the past 30 years. The books come from a smoke-free environment and are "as described." We make every effort to describe our books accurately. If you are not completely satisfied with your purchase we offer a complete refund. Some of our books are priced higher than those of other book dealers. That is because most of the books we sell are in better condition than our competitors. We also try to keep our shipping at a reasonable price. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact us.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...