Tortilla Flat
- New York: Covici Friede, 1935
New York: Covici Friede, 1935. First edition. Very Good +/Near Fine. A Very Good+ copy in a Near Fine second printing jacket price $2.50, with the blurbs on the rear flap. Second printing statement defaced from the upper edge of the front flap. Book with the spine somewhat cocked, a small smudge to lower board, and toning and some abrasion to upper endpapers. Jacket with crease to lower flap and minor toning to spine.
Steinbeck's vivid and joyous portrayal of a small Spanish-speaking community in Monterey, California. The book was modeled on the Arthurian legends of knights of Camelot, a story that had seized Steinbeck's imagination since he had been a child. Tortilla Flat was the first book Steinbeck wrote that received both warm reviews and good sales and was referenced by the Swedish Academy when Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. It was also adapted into a 1942 film, starring Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr. "Mr. Steinbeck tells a number of first rate stories in his history of Danny's house. He has a gift for drollery and for turning Spanish talk and phrases into a gently mocking English. The book is consistently amusing..." (contemporary New York Times review). Very Good + in Near Fine dust jacket.
Steinbeck's vivid and joyous portrayal of a small Spanish-speaking community in Monterey, California. The book was modeled on the Arthurian legends of knights of Camelot, a story that had seized Steinbeck's imagination since he had been a child. Tortilla Flat was the first book Steinbeck wrote that received both warm reviews and good sales and was referenced by the Swedish Academy when Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. It was also adapted into a 1942 film, starring Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr. "Mr. Steinbeck tells a number of first rate stories in his history of Danny's house. He has a gift for drollery and for turning Spanish talk and phrases into a gently mocking English. The book is consistently amusing..." (contemporary New York Times review). Very Good + in Near Fine dust jacket.
Details
Title
Tortilla Flat
Author
Steinbeck, John
Condition
Very Good
Publisher
Covici Friede: New York
Date
1935
Edition
First edition