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The Red Pony [and] The Great Mountains [and] The Murder; in The North American Review by Steinbeck, John

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Title: The Red Pony [and] The Great Mountains [and] The Murder; in The North American Review
Author: Steinbeck, John
Seller: Biblioctopus (United States)
Description: New York: The North American Review Corporation, 1934. First Edition. 3 volumes, individual issues (November 1933, December 1933 and April 1934) of the magazine, each containing the first appearance of Steinbeck stories. Original printed wrappers bound in plain brown paper covered boards, the front cover of the November '33 issue and the rear cover of the April '34 issue are used as a paste downs. Signed 'J.E. Steinbeck' in pencil on the top of the front cover of each issue (the impression can be read on the back of the November cover that has been pasted down), signed 'John Steinbeck' in pen on the title page of the November '33 issue, along with a stamp reading "This book belongs to Carol and John Steinbeck" on the same title page. Front board has a watercolor of a woman reading (likely by Carol Steinbeck). Rubbing, chips to the spine, soiling, hinges split but holding, else internally very good. Ex- Steinbeck nephew in-law David Heyler. A trio of stories that exhibit Steinbeck's ability to explore complex human experience at different stages in life. "The Red Pony" is a nuanced exploration about the delicate emotional journey of childhood. "The Murder" uses violence as a transformative act to initiate a shift in a stagnant marriage. "The Great Mountains" considers the themes of aging, the allure of adventure, and the mysterious nature of life and death. Steinbeck's early career during which these stories were published represents a crucial developmental period in his literary evolution. Writing during the depths of the Great Depression, Steinbeck was beginning to forge connections between individual experiences and broader socioeconomic structures. In these three stories, we can identify his emerging materialist analysis that would later flourish in works like "The Grapes of Wrath." Although not yet explicitly political, these narratives contain the seeds of his later class consciousness. The intergenerational tensions in "The Great Mountains," the complex power dynamics of "The Murder," and the disillusionment narrative in "The Red Pony" all reveal Steinbeck's early interest in how social and economic forces shape human relationships and personal development. His writing methodology during this period involved immersive research into the lives of California's working people, creating an authenticity that distinguishes his work from contemporaries who approached similar themes from more privileged perspectives.

Pedro Páramo by Rulfo, Juan; Peden, Margaret Sayers (Translator); Mac Adam, Alfred (Introduction); Chagoya, Enrique (Artist)

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Title: Pedro Páramo
Author: Rulfo, Juan; Peden, Margaret Sayers (Translator); Mac Adam, Alfred (Introduction); Chagoya, Enrique (Artist)
Seller: Swan's Fine Books (United States)
Condition: New
Description: San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2016. Hardcover. New. Chagoya, Enrique. 12 by 8-1/4 inches, 152 numbered pages (by coincidence the same number of pages as the first edition) for the text and ten unnumbered signatures for the prints, consisting of a sheet folded at the fore-edge, with die-cut windows and a folded tab to tip into the sewing section and an inserted sheet of Japanese handmade paper, making three leaves, which adds six "pages" for a total of 212 pages. The paper is Italian mouldmade Magnani Ingres laid. The Japanese paper for the prints is handmade Arokaji koso washi. The type, printed by letterpress, is Kennerley Old Style, designed by Frederic W. Goudy, composed and cast in Monotype, with handset type for display. The binding is Smyth-sewn with handsewn silk endbands, with a three-piece cloth cover, green on the sides and blue on the spine, foil stamped on the sides with roundels designed by Enrique Chagoya and stamped on the spine with titling. The book is presented in a slipcase, in an edition of 300 copies for sale. Each book is signed by the artist. Juan Rulfo’s "Pedro Páramo" is a monument of Mexican literature and one of the most influential novels of the 20th century. Juan Rulfo was a photographer and a fiction writer known for his two books, "El Llano en Llamas", a collection of short stories published in 1953, and the 1955 novel "Pedro Páramo". He was born in Apulco, in the Mexican state of Jalisco, in 1918 and died in Mexico City in 1986. Gabriel García Márquez said he felt blocked as a novelist after his first four books and that it was only his life-changing discovery of "Pedro Páramo" in 1961 that allowed the composition of his masterpiece, "One Hundred Years of Solitude". Marquez noted that all of Rulfo's published writing, put together, "add up to no more than 300 pages; but that is almost as many and I believe they are as durable, as the pages that have come down to us from Sophocles". Enrique Chagoya has made ten color prints for the book. They are highly unusual in that they are printed on both sides of thin, translucent handmade Japanese paper of a tan-brown color. On the front (recto) are portraits of Mexicans from the late nineteenth to early twentieth centuries, printed in a dark blue, with background imagery printed in green on the other side. As Chagoya has written in his artist statement for the book, "The drawings are not an illustration of 'Pedro Páramo' because the story does not need illustrations. It is more like a visual duet, and instrument playing a counterpoint parallel to the novel." ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

PORTUGAL by Slavin, Neal

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Seller: J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books

Title: PORTUGAL
Author: Slavin, Neal
Seller: J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Lustrum, 1971. Very Good. Stiff wraps. Well illus. Ralph Gibson with Neal Slavin edited & designed this book.

Great Stories of the Sea and Ships. by Wyeth, N.C.

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Title: Great Stories of the Sea and Ships.
Author: Wyeth, N.C.
Seller: Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Condition: V G. in D J.
Description: Galahad Books., (1986). V G. in D J.. 23 cm. 431 pp. B/W plates.

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