John Steinbeck's Cup of Gold,
Extremely scarce first edition in the original dust-jacket

STEINBECK, John.  Cup of Gold.  New York: Robert M. McBride & Co, 1929.  Octavo, original yellow cloth, original dust jacket.  $25,000.

First edition, first issue of Steinbeck's first book.  Book fine. Dust jacket with splitting at spine fold, closed tear and fading to spine, light edgewear, and a few creases on back panel; inoffensive ink smudges to dust jacket flap margins, “Steinbeck written neatly in ink on top margin of flap.  A bright un-restored copy of this rare book.