First Edition Points and Criteria for The Short Reign of Pippin IV

Year Published: 1957
Author Last Name: Steinbeck
Author First Name: John
Publisher: Viking Press
Original Price: $3.00
Pages: 188

Copyright page states "FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1957" and printed "BY AMERICAN BOOK-STRATFORD PRESS, INC. NEW YORK". Boards are red cloth with embossed design and diamond pattern, and a cloth spine. The true first edition lacks a book club blind stamp on the bottom right corner of the back board. Back dust jacket flap has reviews and listings of other Steinbeck titles.

The book club edition lacks the Stratford Press statement on the copyright page and has an blind stamp on the bottom corner of the back board. The book club dust jacket lacks a price and the back flap is blank.

Picture of the 1957 first edition dust jacket for The Short Reign of Pippin IV.

Picture of the first edition copyright page for The Short Reign of Pippin IV.

Picture of dust jacket where original $3.00 price is found for The Short Reign of Pippin IV.

Picture of the back dust jacket for the first edition of The Short Reign of Pippin IV.

Picture of the first edition Viking Press boards for The Short Reign of Pippin IV.

Picture of the back dust jacket flap for the first edition of The Short Reign of Pippin IV.

Picture of the first edition title page for The Short Reign of Pippin IV.

Other first edition points for books by John Steinbeck include: The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice And Men, The Pearl, Sweet Thursday, East of Eden, The Wayward Bus, Cannery Row, The Moon is Down, The Winter of Our Discontent, Tortilla Flat, The Long Valley.

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