The Short Reign of Pippin IV - 1st Edition/1st Printing

John Steinbeck

An attractive First Printing of the First Edition in the original strawberry cloth with heraldic blind-stamping. In Nearly Fine condition in dust-jacket with little browning and rubbing. Goldstone/Payne A36a;

The farcical tale of a French astronomer who, by a twist of fate, is briefly appointed King of France, a true gem, unlike Steinbeck's many other titles, filled with mirth and humor.

Book #29542

Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Size: 8vo; 188, [4] pages
Publisher: New York: Viking Press, 1957.
Illustrator: Illustrated by William Pène Du Bois; B & W Drawings

Price: $220.00

Author Bio

John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck (February 27, 1902—December 20, 1968) was one of the best-known of the 20th century. He wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath (1939) and a total of twenty-five books, novels, non-fiction and short stories. In 1962 Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature.