[Catalogue Eight] John Steinbeck. A Collections of Books & Manuscripts de Morrow, Bradford. Steinbeck, John Ernst, 1902-1968. Valentine, Harry. Payne, John R - 1980: Formed by Harry Valentine of Pacific Grove, California. With a foreword by John R. Payne.

"Bradford Morrow's catalogue of Harry Valentine's John Steinbeck Collection is an event of signal importance for Steinbeck collectors throughout the United States and abroad. Seldom does a collection of such magnitude become available to provide collectors, dealers, librarians and Steinbeck scholars the opportunity to acquire desired titles and supporting material for personal and institutional libraries. ...The number of previously unrecorded items described here along with the extensive annotations for selected items makes this catalogue a valued companion volume to the [Goldstone and Payne] Bibliography." (Foreword by Payne). 154 pages, 700 items, illustrations; 24 cm. Paper covers; spine darkened; near Fine. Stock#ofc0816.