East Eden by Steinbeck John, First Edition (159 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. Centennial Edition Reprint Soft Cover, Clean Covers, Book Is Slightly Slanted Forward And Thee Is A Crease In The Center Of The Spine, Solid Binding, No Names Or Marks In The Book, Nice Copy. no.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Edgeworn; marking to covers; binding cracked at title page. Contents - Publishers' Note; The Text of the Journal; To Pascal Covici.

hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: slipcase fine. Stated first edition. NOT an ex library book. Book with light brown binding. Clean pages, ribbon marker. Slipcase has no splits.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Thus. First Printing Of This Soft Cover Edition. (First Thus). Wrap Around Oprah Book Club Is In Fine Condition.

Condition: New. Follows the intertwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations hopelessly re-enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 444. 2000. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . .

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN . B001IP836Y Mass market paperback. First thus. Slight wear to corners and edges; slight dustsoiling to edges and covers; vertical stain on front cover outer edge; slight browning throughout; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. No Signature.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition Thus. First Bantam printing, mass market paperback, has light bumps to the spine ends and corners, faint sunning to the spine and edges, and mild rubbing with a touch of edge wear to the covers. Overall, this is a solid, tight and clean, Very Good+ copy.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. As new condition color illustrated softcover wraps. Includes About the Author and Letter from John Steinbeck to Pascal Covici. The right front cover edge contains a 1/2 inch indentation, the volume is otherwise in new condition. (see photographs). First Edition, First Printing of the Centennial Edition. "The Salinas Valley is in Northern California. It is a long narrow swale between two ranges of mountains and the Salinas River winds and twists up the center until it falls at last into Monterey Bay." - from the rear outer cover. "In his journal, 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 families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations helplessly reenact the full of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. Adam Trask came to California from the East to farm and raise his family on the new, rich land. But the birth of his twins, Cal and Aron, brings his wife to the brink of madness, and Adam is left alone to raise his boys to manhood. One boy thrives, nurtured by the love of all those around him; the other grows up in loneliness, enveloped by a mysterious darkness. First published in 1952, East of Eden is the 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. A masterpiece of Steinbeck's later years, East of Eden is a powerful and vastly ambitious novel that is at once a family saga and a modern retelling of the Book of Genesis." - from the inner front cover flap. "A novel planned on the grandest possible scale.One of those occasions when a writer has aimed high and then summoned every ounce of energy, talent, seriousness, and passion of which he was capable.It is an entirely interesting and impressive book." - The New York Herald Tribune. "A fantasia and myth.a strange and original work of art." - The New York Times Book Review. "A moving, crying pageant with wilderness strengths." - Carl Sandburg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st omnibus edition. shelf wear on the jacket. gift inscription. all pages intact and presentable. may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: AS NEW CONDITION (As New). First Edition, First Printing Thus. // NO REMAINDER MARK// NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKS OF ANY KIND (no names or inscriptions, no bookplate, no underlining, etc) // NOT PRICE CLIPPED// NEW MYLAR COVER//.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st omnibus edition. minor shelf wear on both book and jacket. a clean copy. excellent binding. may require extra postage. [SK][INF11]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Trade Edition. DJ price clipped, foot of spine slightly chipped and worn, head of spine rubbed and worn, top and bottom front panel corners rubbed, creased and worn, rear panel top corner lightly soiled. Overall a tight solid unmarked copy with DJ protected in mylar. ; 8vo, dark blue spine with lighter blue boards, top edge pages tinted blue, excerpt eps, DJ, 182pp.

Paperback. Condition: Good+. First Edition Thus (1955) , First Printing December 1954, so stated. Good+ in Wraps: shows moderate wear along the outside edges; a crease near the lower front corner and another along the front 'hinge'; some creasing to the backstrip which leans somewhat; several pages dog-eared; the expected tanning to the text pages; the binding is secure; the text is clean. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A well-loved copy, but one that is structurally sound and tightly bound, showing moderate wear and the noted cosmetic flaws. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo (7 x 4.25 x 0.8 inches) . Language: English. Weight: 7.4 ounces. Colorful illustration in vivid colors at the front panel of a voluptuous woman leaning on a dead tree with yellow background on front wrapper, with praise at black top border from Saturday Review, small black & white photograph of Steinbeck at top right of the rear panel above praise on yellow background field from Orville Prescott of the New York Times and others. A 'Bantam Fifty'. F1267. First published in hardcover in 1952. Mass Market Paperback. A Nobel Prize winner, John Steinbeck, published East of Eden in September 1952. Many regard East of Eden as Steinbeck's most ambitious novel, and Steinbeck himself considered it his magnum opus. Steinbeck said of East of Eden: "It has everything in it I have been able to learn about my craft or profession in all these years," and later said: "I think everything else I have written has been, in a sense, practice for this." Steinbeck originally addressed the novel to his young sons, Thom and John (then 61/2 and 41/2 years old, respectively). He wanted to describe the Salinas Valley for them in detail: the sights, sounds, smells and colors. The novel brings to life the intricate details of two families, the Trasks and the Hamiltons, and their interwoven stories. The story is primarily set in the Salinas Valley, California, between the beginning of the twentieth century and the end of World War I. The first fourteen chapters, set in Connecticut and Massachusetts, go as far back as the American Civil War and serve as backstory for Adam Trask, his brother Charles, their father Cyrus, and Cathy Ames. The book explores themes of depravity, beneficence, love, the struggle for acceptance and greatness, the capacity for self-destruction, and of guilt and freedom. It ties these themes together with references to and many parallels with the biblical Book of Genesis, especially Genesis Chapter 4, the story of Cain and Abel. Steinbeck took the title, 'East of Eden', from verse 16: "And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the Land of Nod, on the east of Eden." In 'East of Eden', Steinbeck created some of his most memorable characters and explored his most enduring fictional account of the mystery of identity; the inexplicability of love; and the murderous consequences of love's absence. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 534 pages First Edition Thus (1965), not directly stated, but implied by 1st Edition'; First Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Ex-Library book with usual stamps and pocket. Else free of marks. Jacket a bit roughed up at the edges.

Burbank, Warner Home Video, 1982, first edition. This is a VHS video cassette of the 1955 film version of East of Eden that starred James Dean in his first starring film role, directed by Elia Kazan, the film was adapted from Steinbeck's 1952 novel, it also starred Raymond Massey and Julie Harris. Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Octavo. 983pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Library of America Series, No. 132.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. The boards are edge worn with scuffing and light knocks. The binding is secure. Ink inscription from a previous owner and ink scribbles on the front end page. The pages are lightly browned. There are no other ink inscriptions or annotations. Extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. r*05/06/2025 JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

1st edition Near fine/near fine (price-clipped).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. East of Eden. New York, The Viking Press, 1952. 1st trade edition. 22 x 15 cm, 602 pp. Green cloth hardback, spine covered with adhesive tape. Corners bumped and frayed. Inside age toned. On page 281 line 38 bite appears as called for in this edition. The Book Cellar & Henschel.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First British Edition. Fine in slightly sunned dustjacket (mylar-protected) with price neatly blacked out inner fr. flap else fine. A bright, attractive copy of the British edition. (First pub. NY, 1969).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First UK edition. A FINE book in FINE jacket and unusual in this nice condition !

SOFTCOVER. Condition: GOOD. NO JACKET. 1ST EDITION. USA: PENGUIN PRESS, 2002. 1ST EDITION. GOOD/NO JACKET. USA: PENGUIN PRESS, 2002. 1ST EDITION. GOOD/NO JACKET. USA: Penguin, 2002, softcover, reprint, 1st edition, 1st printing, Penguin edition, good book, no jacket as issued, not remaindered, bookclub or library, unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1970 1st UK edition 1st impression. Green cloth, gilt titles, unclipped pictorial dustjacket. Condition: Very good book in very good dustjacket. Faint foxing to prelims. Pages clean and bright. Dj with light edgewear. Now in removable plastic sleeve. Size: 9x6in/23x15cm. 182pp. Weight: 385g.

Soft cover. Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. UK PROOF. Scarce. Fragile, missing front cover, and half-title loose so poor overall condition, but a rare edition of an important novel.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Virginia Smith (jacket) (illustrator). First Edition. A day-by-day account of the writing of East of Eden, published posthumously. Book is like new in a jacket with chips at spine ends and $6.50 price on the flap. Crisp and clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Thus. Fine Condition in Fine dust Jacket and Fine slipcase. Dust jacket in new Brodart protector.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Stated tenth printing, done in 1966, of the publisher's edition. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board. The cloth is lightly soiled and has a bit of wear at edges. The jacket has chips at spine ends (not affecting any lettering), and a smaller chip at the top of the front panel that just barely affects two letters. $6.95 price on jacket flap; no names or other marking in or on the book. A tight, square copy with 602 pages. The basis for the 1955 film directed by Elia Kazan, starring James Dean. 0.

8vo, 21.4cm. Pp. x,182, notes. Orig. boards in pict. dust-jacket (not price-clipped). Very good. - First UK edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Printing. A Fine, clean copy in brown cloth, in a Fine glossy black dustwrapper, not price-clipped. Edited by Robert DeMott. 983pp. with Notes at end. Nobel Prize winner. Q08195.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. DJ in archival cover. Small tear, tape repair on the front free end paper, price clipped.