Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition second printing of Travels With Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck with price-clipped jacket in a new archival wrap. First Edition described, 1962 Viking. Stated Second Printing August 1962, with 246 pages and “First published in 1962 by The Viking Press, Inc.” on the copyright page with 62-12359 Library of Congress code and no subsequent dates, printing info and no ISBN number.
The book is in Very Good condition with bright, cloth boards with some spots along the bottom edges. Also, strong title ink on a straight spine and the front dog illustration, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, lightly rubbed corners and no book club dimple. The interior of the book is also in Very Good condition with the previous owner’s name and date on the colophon page. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Very Good condition with mild surface and edge wear and the price cut from the front flap. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
To hear the speech of the real America, to smell the grass and the trees, to see the colors and the light: these were John Steinbeck’s goals as he set out, at the age of fifty-eight, to rediscover the country he had been writing about for so many years. With Charley, his French poodle, Steinbeck drives the interstates and the country roads, dines with truckers, encounters bears at Yellowstone and old friends in San Francisco. Along the way he reflects on the American character, racial hostility, the particular form of American loneliness he finds almost everywhere, and the unexpected kindness of strangers.
Ships promptly in corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
