First edition and first Australian edition
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Author: Steinbeck, John
Title: The Moon is Down - two copies, comprising the first edition and first Australian edition
Place Published: New York; London
Publisher:The Viking Press; Heinemann
Date Published: 1942
Description:
Includes:
American edition. Blue cloth, pictorial jacket illustrated by Frank Lieberman. First Edition in cloth, second state.
Australian edition. Brown cloth, pictorial jacket. First Australian edition.
American edition is second state, without the large period between 'talk' and 'this' on page 112. Copyright page includes the line "Printed in the U.S.A. by the Haddon Craftsmen". Goldstone-Payne A16.b. Australian edition not listed in G&P.
Condition Report: Rubbing and small closed tears at spine ends of U.S. edition; some rubbing and scuffs to cloth, spine leaning; very good in very good jacket; Australian edition with substantial chips, tears and creases to price-clipped jacket; spine leaning, corners bumped, some wear; about very good in about good jacket.
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Heading:
Author: Steinbeck, John
Title: The Moon is Down - two copies, comprising the first edition and first Australian edition
Place Published: New York; London
Publisher:The Viking Press; Heinemann
Date Published: 1942
Description:
Includes:
American edition. Blue cloth, pictorial jacket illustrated by Frank Lieberman. First Edition in cloth, second state.
Australian edition. Brown cloth, pictorial jacket. First Australian edition.
American edition is second state, without the large period between 'talk' and 'this' on page 112. Copyright page includes the line "Printed in the U.S.A. by the Haddon Craftsmen". Goldstone-Payne A16.b. Australian edition not listed in G&P.
Condition Report: Rubbing and small closed tears at spine ends of U.S. edition; some rubbing and scuffs to cloth, spine leaning; very good in very good jacket; Australian edition with substantial chips, tears and creases to price-clipped jacket; spine leaning, corners bumped, some wear; about very good in about good jacket.
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