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Page 281, line 38 \"bite\" for \"bight\", as only contained in the true first state (Goldstone and Payne, A32, p.74).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSteinbeck regarded 'East of Eden' as his greatest novel and noted, \"it has everything in it I have been able to learn about my craft or profession in all these years\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUNIQUE, BESPOKE FINE BINDING OF STEINBECK'S MAGNUM OPUS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book has been sumptuously bound using the finest mill boards with five raised bands in full green goatskin leather, reminding one of Steinbeck's bountiful (Salinas) \"valley of the world\" where the flanking mountain ranges rise steeply up open grass. New, handmade marbled endpapers, silk cane head and tail bands, as well as a silk marker ribbon have been added. 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Very good book with light bumping to two corners and spine tips, a crease down the spine, and a lightly cocked spine. 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Translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa, illus trated by Neil Packer. 251 × 163 × 42 mm. Pp. [i–x], 1–401 [402–406]: [9] leaves of colour plates (facing pp. [iii], 86, 198, 215, 230, 247, 294, 342 and 359). Type: Centaur and Arrighi. Printed by Memminger Medien Centrum. Bound by Real Lachenmaier in full dark green buckram with a design in white and gold by Packer; pale gold endleaves with a repeat pattern by Packer in dark brown. Dark green slip case with a colour repro duction of a painting by Packer on the front panel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew in publisher's shrink-wrap. A fine copy. 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Type: Laurentian. Printed and bound by Kösel in full blue cloth printed in black and blocked in gold with design by Cooper; blue-green endleaves. Gold slip case. In addition to the colour lino-cut collage plates, Cooper has supplied black and white chapter headings and a title-page spread.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNEW in Folio Society's original wrapping paper. No bumps, nor dents. A fine copy. 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