STEINBECK, JOHN. A Letter Written in Reply to a Request for a Statement about his Ancestry. Together with the Letter Originally Submitted by the Friends of Democracy. Stamford: The Overbrook Press, 1940. 8vo, original brown paper boards with Paper label on front cover; glassine dust jacket, torn. Second Edition, with new title. LIMITED EDITION, one of 350 copies. Inscribed and signed by L.M. Birkhead to Laura Hobson, on the front free endpaper. Goldstone & Payne A13b.