John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley in Search of America, 5th Print., 1962, Very Good HC

Steinbeck, John. New York: The Viking Press, 1962.

English, Fifth Printing, Very Good, HC, 8vo, 8 5/8" x 6", 246 pp. 

Fifth Printing, hardcover in white with a brown dog illustration to front panel. Slight cocking to spine, some toning, light bumps to back panel tips, minor exterior soiling, and previous owner's label to first page, else clean and tightly bound. Good pictorial dust jacket, some toning, price-clipped, minor edge-wear, light soiling to edges and spine, small chips and tear to edges and tips, now in Mylar. 246 pp. Includes illustrated endpapers of an U.S. map. Book by American novelist and screenwriter, John Steinbeck, detailing his round-the-country road trip with his French poodle, Charley. Beautifully produced novel published the same year Steinbeck won a Nobel Prize in Literature.