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Title: Lot of 3 Steinbeck miniature books Author: ** Place: Various places Publisher: Date: 1979-2003 Description: With: Hilleary, Roger. A Grand Place: John Steinbeck’s Homes in Pacific Grove and Monterey. With 3 drawings by Eric Sawyer; mounted frontispiece Steinbeck postal stamp. 3x2¼, decorative boards, paper cover label. 1 of 250. Hilleary & Petko, 1979. * Dunbar, Maurice. Collecting Steinbeck. Original photo frontispiece & reproduction drawing by Steinbeck, tipped-in. 2¾x2, orange cloth, lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. 1 of 250, signed by Dunbar & by publisher Robert Hanson Also, inscribed & signed: “Cupertino. For Diane Peterson – Bibliophile & bibliopole and good friend of the author, Maury Dunbar, July 3, 1983.” Opuscula, 1983. * An excerpt from John Steinbeck's Cannery Row [book inside can]. (Opening paragraph from Steinbeck’s novel). 16 accordion-style pages. Illus. from 8 watercolors by Donna Thomas and from Steinbeck Center archives. Circular book, 2-7/8" diameter, sealed inside a 3¼" diameter and 2" deep (7¾ oz.) shrimp can, treated so not to rust, printed and pictorial paper label, canned by Dave's Albacore of Santa Cruz, using antique equipment possibly salvaged from Cannery Row. 1 of 100, on handmade paper. Printed by Peter & Donna Thomas, Santa Cruz, 2003. Together, 3 volumes (one inside can). First printings. Lot Amendments Condition: Fine. Item number: 181856