Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition sixth 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 Sixth Printing November 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 clean bright boards, strong title ink on a lightly sunned spine and the front dog illustration, clean page blocks, tight binding, moderate to heavy spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, heavily rounded corners and no book club dimple. The interior of the book is also in Very Good condition with no 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.
NO dust jacket.
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.
