Tortilla Flat

New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1935. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1935. First Edition, one of 500 copies in printed wrappers. Octavo; publisher's pictorial card wrappers illustrated by Ruth Gannett, French flaps retaining original price ($2.50); [viii],9-317pp.; illus. throughout. Rubbing to edges with a few minor nicks and creases; spine sunned but still retaining some color; 2" split at base of upper spine edge. Binding sound and pages unmarked. A Very Good, well-preserved copy of an important Steinbeck title, following Danny and his knights of the round table as they drink, sing, and brawl their way through the worst years of the Depression around Monterrey, California. Adorned with atmospheric illustrations by Ruth Gannett, the genius author-illustrator of the children's series My Father's Dragon (1948). 

Goldstone & Payne A4a.