His first novel
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His first novel

John Steinbeck, 1929

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His first novel
John Steinbeck, 1929
STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). The Cup of Gold. New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1929.

First edition, first issue, of Steinbeck's first novel, written at the age of 29. A work of historical fiction, it follows the career of privateer Henry Morgan (1635?-1688). The swashbuckling tale was influenced by Steinbeck's reverence for Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur. Goldstone & Payne A1a.

Octavo. Original bright yellow cloth with top edge stained dark blue; pictorial dust jacket (a little reinforcement to verso, some fading to spine panel, some rubbing and edgewear to head of spine panel and upper edge of front panel); custom box.