John Steinbeck. A Collection of Books & Manuscripts. Formed by Harry Valentine of Pacific Grove, California.

Santa Barbara, CA: Bradford Morrow, Bookseller Ltd., (1980),

First Edition, Limited to 250 hardbound copies. octavo, grey cloth in dust jacket. (157) pp. Bradford Morrow, Bookseller Ltd., Item #35081

From the foreword by John R. Payne, "Bradford Morrow's catalogue of Harry Valentine's John Steinbeck collection is an event of signal importance throughout the United States and abroad. Seldom does a collection of such magnitude become available to provide collectors, dealers, librarians and Steinbeck scholars the opportunity to acquired desired titles and supporting material for personal and institutional Libraries. The number of previously unrecorded items described here along with the extensive annotations for selected items this catalogue a valued companion volume to the Bibliography." Presentaion copy inscribed and signed, "For Robert and Chris Liska With my very best, Harry Valentine [and below] inscribed by the publisher, Love to Bob & Chris and best wishes to the Liska yet to come. Bradford." Book and jacket very fine and clean.

Price: $150.00