STEINBECK, JOHN — The Red Pony

NY: Viking, 1945. 1st. Hard. 8vo. First edition, first illustrated edition. Variant 2, printed by Rogers-Kellogg-Stillson, bound by Kingsport Press (Goldstone & Payne). Published without dust jacket. Published NY: Viking, 1945, first printing. 8vo, 131pp, with color illustrations by Wesley Dennis. Gray cloth with gilt spine titles set in dark blue block, blue cover panels with pictorial inset of pony, all edges tinted dark blue, illustrated endpapers. Small splash stain on front edge of front cover, name in small hand on front fly leaf, else fine. A brilliant copy. Lacking the slip case.. Near Fine .