Moore Harry Thorton (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. 102 pages. An early study of the novels of John Steinbeck. This was David Heyler's copy who was a close friend of John Steinbeck and an avid collector of his work. On a blank page in the back of the book, David Heyler has written a description of a presentation copy of "The Grapes of Wrath" limited to 10 copies signed by Steinbeck. Copy number one of this limited edition of "The Grapes of Wrath" was sold by Bonham's Auction house in October of 2023 and was inscribed to David and Toni Heyler by Steinbeck. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. Hardcover, 12mo, in green publisher's cloth printed with titles in gold to front board and vertically to spine. 102pp. First Edition. Signed and inscribed on ffep. by Author, dated May, 1939, to Dr. Laurenz Harris. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies at the Black Cat Press and bound by the John F. Cuneo Company, April, 1939. Design and typography by Norman W. Forgue. (from colophon). Includes frontispiece map labeled "Steinbeck Country" printed in green, as well as an arched green publisher's device to front page. Otherwise clean and hinges in order. CONDITION: Very Good Plus. Lacking dust jacket. Spine darkened and dulled. Minimal wear to tips and head and foot of spine. Light age toning.**AUTHOR Harry Thorton Moore (1908-1981) was an early bibliographer of the American novelist John Steinbeck, and winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship for English Literature in 1958 and 60. At the point of publication, Steinbeck had written only seven novels, a play and a book of short stories. Other of his titles concern the writers D.H. Lawrence, Henry James, and E.M. Foster, and he also wrote literary criticism for the New Republic (Boston College Burns Library Archive). **PRINTER Norman W. Forgue (1904-1985) was an African American fine printer born in Chicago, whose Black Cat Press produced over three hundred publications beginning in 1932, and "winning numerous awards from the American Institute of Graphic Arts and other graphic arts organizations." (Smithsonian Archives of American Art, Norman Press Collection.) REF: Bradford Morrow, Catalogue Eight, "John Steinbeck, A Collection.The Harry Valentine Collection" (Santa Barbara: Cummings Press, 1980), No. 569, p. 133. Signed and inscribed by Author. Book.