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John Steinbeck's East of Eden First edition, signed by the Steinbeck |
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"It is what I have been practicing to write all my life... In a sense it will be two books, the story of my country and the story of me. And I shall keep these two separate." -Steinbeck, before the publication of East of Eden
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STEINBECK, John. East of Eden. New York: The Viking Press, 1952. Octavo, original green cloth, original cardboard slipcase. $3500. Signed limited first edition, one of only 1500 copies signed by Steinbeck. Book fine in original slipcase. Essential to any Steinbeck collection. Rare in this condition. |