STEINBECK, John. Cup of Gold. New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1929. 8o. Original cloth lettered in black (very faint spotting to unstained bottom and fore-edge); dust jacket (almost imperceptible spine fading with the rear panel very lightly rubbed, a little creasing at extreme top edge of spine just touching title, unobtrusive closed 30 mm. tear along lower spine fold and one 10 mm. closed tear at top of rear flap fold), else a very good copy or better, without chipping or restoration; cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK and one of only approx. 2500 copies of this scarce first novel, a tale of the life of pirate Henry Morgan, published right before the stock market crash. An extremely difficult book to find to find in such collectible condition as the present copy. Goldstone & Payne A1a.