Set Reminder2023-08-17 12:00:002023-08-17 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Firsts: The Library of Robin and Kathryn Smiley https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/firsts-the-library-of-robin-and-kathryn-smiley-21926 We are pleased to announce the sale of Firsts: The Book Collector's Magazine's co-Publishers and Editors, Robin and Kathryn Smiley's collection of modern firsts of literature, mystery & detective fiction, and western literature.
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STEINBECK, John (1902?1968). In Dubious Battle. New York: Covici?Friede, [1936]. FIRST TRADE EDITION. Steinbeck?s novel about striking migrant apple pickers ?accomplishes in a strike novel what no writer has been able to accomplish before him: he dramatizes scenes from the front-line trenches of economic warfare in the essential terms of humanity? (jacket blurb). It was the basis for the 2016 film of the same name starring James Franco who also directed. Goldstone & Payne A5b.