First Edition of Steinbeck's Cannery Row, In Dust Jacket

John Steinbeck. CANNERY ROW. New York: The Viking Press, 1945. First hardcover edition; first printing with "First Published by The Viking Press in January 1945" stated on the copyright. In publisher's first state binding with buff cloth-covered boards stamped and ruled in blue, top edge stained blue; in unclipped ($2.00) pictorial jacket. Small 8vo; [6], 1-3, [4], 5-208, [2]pp. Goldstone & Payne A22b.

7 1/2 x 5 in.

From the Wood Family’s Historic Mulberry Hill Home, Edenton, North Carolina

Boards with light grime and staining, areas of thinning and minor creasing to cloth, and wear to extremities; spine very slightly cocked with slight separation from text block and ends rubbed; interior with toning, light scattered foxing, staining, and grime, and occasional creasing and minor edge wear including closed tears; repairs at front paste-down and rear endpaper with light residue; a well-preserved and better than usual jacket with typical toning, light creasing and grime, expected mild wear at folds, and a few minor stains, small edge tears, and small and subtle areas of repair to spine interior. A good plus copy in a very good or better jacket.