Auction Date:2011 Apr 13 @ 19:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Signed book: The Grapes of Wrath. First edition, first printing (with “First published in April 1939” on copyright page and “$2.75” and “First Edition” on jacket). New York: Viking Press, 1939. Hardcover with dustjacket, 5.5 x 8.25, 619 pages. Signed and inscribed in ink on the front free end page, “For Joseph Dunninger, John Steinbeck.” In fine condition overall, with mild rubbing and edge wear to jacket (2.5? tear at top of rear flap fold), light soiling to edges, very faint paperclip impression to top edge of signed page (away from signature). The writing is clear and dark, the interior otherwise clean and bright.
Dunninger (1892–1975), aka “The Amazing Dunninger,” was a prominent magician and mentalist who pioneered the performance of magic on radio and television. True first editions of Steinbeck’s masterpiece take a place among the undisputed high points for collectors of twentieth-century American literature. Presentation copies, particularly with such an interesting association are both highly coveted and extremely elusive. A most unusual opportunity obtain what is surely one of the most impressive copies of this literary landmark in existence!
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