Cannery Row (1945)

Outstanding Association Copy, Extensively Inscribed in 1993 by Steinbeck's Friend Alicia De Noon and Local Attendees of a Wedding in the Wing Chong Building, the Basis for Steinbeck's Lee Chong Grocery in the Novel: First Edition, First Printing, of Cannery Row, in the Original Dust Jacket Steinbeck, John. Cannery Row. New York: Viking Press, 1945. Octavo. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing, of Steinbeck's beloved novel, in the original dust jacket. An association copy inscribed by attendees at a wedding held in Cannery Row's Wing Chong Building, as well as by the building's then-proprietor and Steinbeck's personal friend, local personality Alicia De Noon. “Steinbeck has compounded a bitter and uproariously funny commentary on the futility of human aspiration and the barrenness of existence... An extraordinary mixture of wild laughter and searing pain” (New York Herald Tribune). First edition, with "First Published... January 1945" and $2.00 dust jacket price. Second