Description: MAKES THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ANY FAN OF JOHN STEINBECK **PLEASE READ: Mahalo for taking the time to look at our listing. We truly appreciate it. We always do our BEST to give you the most accurate description of these beautiful books. If, however, you have any SPECIFIC questions about the SIZE of the book, NUMBER of pages, TYPE of leather, SMELL or FEEL of the book, PLEASE email us through EBayās mail system BEFORE you bid, and we will be HAPPY to give you more information. We want you to be completely happy with your purchase and keep you as our customers for years to come!** DESCRIPTION: Easton Press full-leather binding COMPLETE MATCHING 4-VOLUME SET LONG OUT OF PRINT editions of JOHN STEINBECK CLASSICS! THIS IS A SCARCE VINTAGE HEIRLOOM EASTON SET WITH LAVISH DEEP GILT IMPRESSIONS TO THE BOARDS AND SPINE with BEAUTIFUL FULL COLOR FRONTISPIECES. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY-PRIZED SETS BY STEINBECK. š NOT INCLUDED... š ABOUT THE BOOK: In awarding John Steinbeck the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Nobel committee stated that with The Winter of Our Discontent, he had āresumed his position as an independent expounder of the truth, with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinely American.ā Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of Steinbeckās last novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With Ethan no longer a member of Long Islandās aristocratic class, his wife is restless, and his teenage children are hungry for the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards. Set in Steinbeckās contemporary 1960 America, the novel explores the tenuous line between private and public honesty, and today ranks alongside his most acclaimed works of penetrating insight into the American condition. In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden "the first book," and indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. Set in the rich farmland of California's Salinas Valley, this sprawling and often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two familiesāthe Trasks and the Hamiltonsāwhose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. The masterpiece of Steinbeckās later years, East of Eden is a work in which Steinbeck created his most mesmerizing characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity, the inexplicability of love, and the murderous consequences of love's absence. Unburdened by the material necessities of the more fortunate, the denizens of Cannery Row discover rewards unknown in more traditional society. Henry the painter sorts through junk lots for pieces of wood to incorporate into the boat he is building, while the girls from Dora Floodās bordello venture out now and then to enjoy a bit of sunshine. Lee Chong stocks his grocery with almost anything a man could want, and Doc, a young marine biologist who ministers to sick puppies and unhappy souls, unexpectedly finds true love. Cannery Row is just a few blocks long, but the story it harbors is suffused with warmth, understanding, and a great fund of human values. First published in 1945, Cannery Row focuses on the acceptance of life as it isāboth the exuberance of community and the loneliness of the individual. John Steinbeck draws on his memories of the real inhabitants of Monterey, California, and interweaves their stories in this world where only the fittest surviveācreating what is at once one of his most humorous and poignant works. In Cannery Row, John Steinbeck returns to the setting of Tortilla Flat to create another evocative portrait of life as it is lived by those who unabashedly put the highest value on the intangiblesāhuman warmth, camaraderie, and love. First published in 1939, Steinbeckās Pulitzer Prize-winning epic, The Grapes of Wrath, of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joadsādriven from their homestead and forced to travel west to the promised land of California. Out of their trials and their repeated collisions against the hard realities of an America divided into Haves and Have-Nots evolves a drama that is intensely human yet majestic in its scale and moral vision, elemental yet plainspoken, tragic but ultimately stirring in its human dignity. A portrait of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless, of one manās fierce reaction to injustice, and of one womanās stoical strength, the novel captures the horrors of the Great Depression and probes into the very nature of equality and justice in America. At once a naturalistic epic, captivity narrative, road novel, and transcendental gospel, Steinbeckās powerful landmark novel is perhaps the most American of American Classics. CONDITION: Books are in LIKE NEW condition for their age with no discernible flaws (SEE PICS FOR FURTHER DETAILS) NO ATTACHED BOOKPLATES, WRITING FROM PREVIOUS OWNER, ETC. It is a BEAUTIFUL EDITION. SHIPPING: FREE TO US ADDRESSES ONLY. INTERNATIONAL $ based on location. WE SHIP PRIORITY MAIL & PACK VERY WELL. Please check out our other listings of Easton Press, Franklin Library, Limited Editions Club, First Editions Library, Folio Society, Heritage Press, Heritage Press, and International Collectors Library editions. 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Price: 699.99 USD
Location: Honokaa, Hawaii
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Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Year Printed: 1989
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Action, Adventure
Binding: Leather
Region: Europe
Author: John Steinbeck
Subject: Classics
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Character Family: Ernest Hemingway
Publisher: Franklin Library Like
Special Attributes: Famous Editions Library, Robinson Crusoe, Gulliverās Travels, Bastille, French Revolution, Paris France, 100 Greatest Books Ever Written, Vintage Leather Bound Edition, 1st Edition, Collector's Edition, Illustrated, Inscribed, Limited Edition, Luxury Edition
