Steinbeck (John) To a God Unknown
£1,450
London, Heinemann, 1935.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Steinbeck’s second novel follows Joseph Wayne, who leaves Vermont for California’s Nuestra Señora valley. The novel blends Biblical symbolism with pantheism and foreshadows themes in Steinbeck’s later work.
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A very good copy, in good jacket with chipping to head of spine and larger chip from top edge of upper panel.
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