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Title: To a God Unknown
Author: Steinbeck, John Description: Pale green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge stained black; decorative jacket and endpapers by Mahlon Blaine, custom slipcase. First Edition, First Issue.First issue, with Robert O. Ballou imprint. Steinbeck's scarce third book, one of 598 bound and sold as the first issue (of 1,498 copies printed). The remaining sheets were sold to Covici, Friede, and issued under their imprint in 1935. Printed jacket price listed towards the bottom of the front flap. Goldstone-Payne A3.a. Heading: Place Published: New York Publisher: Robert O. Ballou Date Published: [1933] Condition reportLight chipping at edges, some wear along folds; spine cloth a bit spotted, small stain to lower corner of front board; else very good or better in a like jacket.
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