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The first edition of Steinbeck's second published work. First edition. Brewer, Warren & Putnam printed 2,500 sets of sheets, of which 1,650 copies were bound and about 650 copies sold. The remainder were sold to Robert O. Ballou in 1932. The author's second published work. An episodic short story cycle composed of ten self-contained but related stories set in the Corral de Tierra of the Salinas Valley of California. It is said to "rival The Long Valley (1938) as Steinbeck's major achievement in short fiction". Written by John Ernst Steinbeck, an American writer who was awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, sound with light bumping and wear to the extremities. Fading to the spine and board edges. Light loss to the head of the spine and board tips with small splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning to the endpapers. A very small closed tear to the edge of page 201/202 with the odd page remaining unopened. Good.

The Pastures of Heaven is a collection of interconnected stories about the inhabitants of a fertile valley in California, which is discovered by a Spanish corporal while chasing runaway Indian slaves. First published in 1932, this work by John Steinbeck deals with themes of community, isolation, and the struggle of individuals.