Description: This is a beautiful first edition / first printing in the dust jacket of John Steinbeck’s THE MOON IS DOWN. New York: Viking, 1942. “First Published in March, 1942” stated on copyright page. This is the very rare first state with the typo on page 112: “talk. this”. Very Good copy in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. A clean, bright, tight copy with NO previous owner’s markings. Some miniscule wear to cloth at the top of the spine and at one corner. Bright blue cloth with spine stamped in silver, lettering on spine bright and legible, not rubbed. In a beautiful pictorial dust jacket, price-clipped, lightly worn at spine ends and corners, with a minor short closed tear on the rear panel. Dust jacket in mylar protector. A lovely clean copy of this very rare first state first edition.
Price: 233.2 USD
Location: Petaluma, California
End Time: 2024-12-05T14:07:15.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, 1st State 1st Run, 1st Printing
Author: John Steinbeck
Region: North America
Publisher: Viking Press
Topic: Literature
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Year Printed: 1942
Original/Facsimile: Original