Description
First edition of The Long Valley by John Steinbeck.
Octavo, 303pp. Orange cloth over beige buckram spine, title in orange on spine. Stated “First Published in September 1938” on copyright page. Solid text block, toning to endpapers, glue remnant on front pastedown, light soiling to boards and spine.
(Goldstone-Payne A11.a)
In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $2.50 retail price on front flap, no text on rear panel, faint toning to spine, rubbing to rear panel, shallow chipping at top edge of spine, a very good example. Jacket illustrated by Elmer Hader.
