Author: STEINBECK, JOHN Title: The Red Pony
Description: New York, NY: Viking Press, 1945. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Wesley Dennis. Color Illustrations; Laid in is the BOMC book dividend card, making this a Book club edition. This copy has the Variant 2 information with The Rogers-Kellogg-Stillson, Inc notation on the copyright page. This book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. This copy includes the slipcase, which is in Very Good condition. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The slipcase is in generally clean condition, but has tidemarking / foxing to the bottom front corner and along with front edge. The slipcase also has spots of ground-in dirt and foxing. The top front corner edges of the slipcase gave some bumping and rubbing. "The Red Pony is an episodic novella written by American writer John Steinbeck in 1933. The first three chapters were published in magazines from 1933–1936, and the full book was published in 1937 by Covici Friede. The stories in the book are tales of a boy named Jody Tiflin. The book has four different stories about Jody and his life on his father's California ranch. Other main characters include Carl Tiflin - Jody's father; Billy Buck - an expert in horses and a working hand on the ranch; Mrs. Tiflin - Jody's mother; Jody's grandfather - Mrs. Tiflin's father, who has a history of crossing the Oregon Trail, and enjoys telling stories about his experiences; and Gitano - an old man who wishes to die at the Tiflin ranch." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .
Keywords: Modern Fiction First Edition John Steinbeck Horses Short Stories Wesley Dennis
Price: US$ 65.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 50645
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