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Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
STEINBECK, JOHN. Cup of Gold. 8vo, original yellow cloth lettered in black, very bright; pictorial dust jacket, spine panel faded as usual, slight chipping to ends with several letters affected, 1 1/2 inch closed tear to top of front panel, overall moderate rubbing, narrow dampstain confined to rear flap and fold; internally clean with no markings; preserved in 1/4 burgundy gilt morocco drop-back case. New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1929
rare first edition, first issue of steinbeck's first book in unrestored dust jacket, with the McBride publisher imprint and "First Published, August 1929" on copyright page. Jacket flap corners evenly clipped as issued with "$2.50" price present. The publisher printed only 2476 copies, 939 of which were remaindered as unbound sheets and evidently sold to Covici-Friede who issued them with new preliminaries, preface, binding, and jacket in 1936. Goldstone-Payne A1.a.
