Description
The first edition, first printing of Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck.
Octavo, x, 273pp, [5]. Olive cloth, title stamped in red print. Stated “First Published by the Viking Press in June 1954” on the copyright page. Red topstain. Solid text block. Faint offsetting to endpapers. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $3.50 on front flap (partially clipped), photograph of Steinbeck on rear panel by Philippe Halsman with no blurbs, short closed tear to rear panel, faint wrinkle along front panel, a bright, near fine example. (Goldstone + Payne A33b)
The first printing of Sweet Thursday was published by the Viking Press, but appeared in wrappers. (Goldstone + Payne A33a)
