The Long Valley

New York: The Viking Press, 1938 First edition, first printing. One of 8,000 copies. Publisher's beige buckram-backed terracotta boards, with spine stamped in red; in its original pictorial dust jacket with wraparound illustration by Elmer Hader, and lettered in black and blue. About fine book, with light toning to spine and board edges, very crisp and clean pages, and light offsetting to endpapers; near fine unclipped dust jacket, with some toning, a few nicks, a faint spot of staining to spine, light rubbing to spine folds, and light wear to foot of spine, panels bright and unmarked. Overall, an exceptionally fresh copy. The Long Valley is a collection of short fiction, which includes the titles: "The Chrysanthemums," "The White Quail," "Flight," "The Snake," "Breakfast," "The Raid," "The Harness," "The Vigilante," "Johnny Bear," "The Murder," "St. Katy the Virgin," "The Leader of the People," and acclaimed novella The Red Pony. The Red Pony is an episodic novella composed of three short stories, "The Gift," "The Great Mountains," and "The Promise." It tells the story of Jody Tiflin, an adolescent who lives on his father's California ranch and collides with some painful realities of life. Steinbeck's short story, "The Murder," was his first work to win a national award, winning the O. Henry Prize in 1934.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included.