Description: The Moon is Downby John Steinbeck First printing with "Talk.This" error, original dust jacket Publisher and Year: New York: The Viking Press, MCMXLII (1942)-Edition: First edition, first printing, per the following issue points: a dot between "talk" and "this" on page 112 (all subsequent printings amend this error), a lack of a printing statement on the copyright page, and no mention of the Haddon Craftsmen on the copyright page (as in the case of the book club edition). Original dust jacket with a price of $2.00 on the front flap. The book was released as a softcover and hardcover book simultaneously, with no difference in priority. Bibliographic reference: Goldstone and Payne (1974)-Condition and Description: Publisher's blue cloth, front board stamped in blind, spine lettered and ornamented in silver gilt, top edge dyed blue, ~7.5" x 5", 188 pp. Hinges and binding tight. Text free and clear of writing and underlining. A bookplate is present on the front pastedown, but the book is otherwise free of any other prior owner marking. The original jacket is rubbed and lightly tanned on the spine, but presents well. A very good copy of Steinbeck's story about a European town that resists the occupation of an unnamed adversary that is a thinly veiled stand-in for Nazi Germany. -“Free men cannot start a war, but once it is started, they can fight on in defeat. Herd men, followers of a leader, cannot do that, and so it is always the herd men who win battles and the free men who win wars.” ― John Steinbeck, The Moon Is Down-Inventory ID: 504 - 334 - 864
Price: 175 USD
Location: North Haven, Connecticut
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Second State Copy
Author: John Steinbeck
Region: North America
Publisher: Modern Library
Topic: Literature
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Year Printed: 1942
Original/Facsimile: Original
