Accession number
PML 187166
Creator
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
Published
New York : Pynson Printers, 1936.
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Notes
First separate edition with new title. Cf. Goldstone and Payne.
"This copy of Nothing So Monstrous with pen and ink drawings by Donald McKay was made by The Pynson Printers of New York at the request of ... for presentation to ... December nineteen thirty-six"--Colophon.
"This is the first separate publication of Nothing So Monstrous, which originally formed one of the episodes in The Pastures of Heaven, published by Brewer, Warren & Putnam in 1932"--Page [3].
"The limited supply of paper for the binding permitted only 370 copies to be printed. There were 50 for Elmer Adler, 100 for Frederick B. Adams, Jr., 150 for Ben Abramson, 50 for Edwin Beinecke, and 20 for Howard Mott ..."--Cf. Goldstone and Payne.
"This copy of Nothing So Monstrous with pen and ink drawings by Donald McKay was made by The Pynson Printers of New York at the request of ... for presentation to ... December nineteen thirty-six"--Colophon.
"This is the first separate publication of Nothing So Monstrous, which originally formed one of the episodes in The Pastures of Heaven, published by Brewer, Warren & Putnam in 1932"--Page [3].
"The limited supply of paper for the binding permitted only 370 copies to be printed. There were 50 for Elmer Adler, 100 for Frederick B. Adams, Jr., 150 for Ben Abramson, 50 for Edwin Beinecke, and 20 for Howard Mott ..."--Cf. Goldstone and Payne.
Description
30, [1] pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscription in ink on colophon: (at the request of) Elmer Adler (for presentation to) The Rieglers.
Provenance
Carter Burden.
Binding
Marbled boards backed in orange cloth.
Classification
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