In Search of Steinbeck
by Schmitz, Ann-Marie
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Slipcase
- Seller
-
Los Banos, California, United States
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About This Item
Hermes, 1978. First Edition. . Cloth. Very Good/Slipcase. In Search of Steinbeck Ann-Marie Schmitz Signed Photographs Richard S. Mayer - Illustrations Wayne Garcia Hermes Pub, 1978 #1130 of 1200 numbered copies, signed by both Schmitz and Maury Dunbar to whom the book is dedicated at a later date. Hardback in slipcase in good+ condition, Slip case good+ NO DJ. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Photos clean as are illustrations. This book is printed on India tweed weave paper, and bound in natural buckram cloth by Roswell Book binding. It contains 15 photo reproductions of the houses Steinbeck lived by Richard Mayer. There are illustrations by Wayne Garcia around each page number and a larger one of a tree. The book is a work of art as well as a study of John Steinbeck and how he viewed his homes and the Monterey peninsula.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Phoenix books\Joannes Used Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000785
- Title
- In Search of Steinbeck
- Author
- Schmitz, Ann-Marie
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hermes
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- STEINBECK, HOMES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Phoenix books\Joannes Used Books
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Los Banos, California
About Phoenix books\Joannes Used Books
Phoenix Books (Joanne's Used Books) is a full-service new and used bookstore located in the heart of California's central valley. In business since 1977, we carry a large selection of new and used titles in all subjects, special order, offer search services as well as notary services. We have a large collection of titles dealing with Equines, Central California History, regional cookbooks and Indian/Asian Art.The store is open Monday through Saturday.
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Slip Case
- A protective sleeve, often made of decorative cardboard or leather which houses a book. It is open on one end, so as to allow...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- PUB
- Common abbreviation for 'published'
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...