STEINBECK, JOHN. 1902-1968. The Pastures of Heaven. New York Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932.

The Library of David Lloyd, Part ISTEINBECK, JOHN. 1902-1968.
The Pastures of Heaven. New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932. 8vo. Original green cloth stamped in gilt, top edge stained black, other edges untrimmed, publisher's silver dust jacket printed in blue with gold stars. Spine ends sunned, darkening to endpapers. Dust jacket with minor wear to edges, vertical soft crease to spine panel.FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, one of only 650 copies sold. The remainder of the approximately 1000 bound copies and 850 unbound copies were sold to Robert O. Ballou later in the same year and issued in an altered form. "The most popular of Steinbeck's three early books. It points the way to most of his subsequent writing" (Moore, The Novels of John Steinbeck: A First Critical Study). Goldstone & Payne A2a.