PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::00366::John Steinbeck Collection)//EN" "ViU00366.sgm" A Guide to the John Steinbeck CollectionSteinbeck, John. 6239-rProcessed by Special Collections Dept. staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Courtney BoissonnaultFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. University of Virginia Library © 1997 By the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. All rights reserved.

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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect. [Date of source: 1997. Description is in English. Feb 16, 2004 PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::00366::John Steinbeck Collection)//EN" "ViU00366.sgm" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Feb 27, 2004 converted to conform to eadVIVA.dtd by vivastrict.xsl A Guide to the John Steinbeck Collection A Collection in the Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature 6239-r

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John Steinbeck Collection 1957 6239-r 4 items English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

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John Steinbeck Collection, Accession 6239-r, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

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Purchase 1987 December 29

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Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

 Item Listing Manuscript The Short Reign of Pippin IVby John Steinbeck 1957 Galley Proof, 111 pages

[With a six-line holograph (uncorrected) inscription to Rupert Andruswritten and signed by the author. This is one of only twenty extra galleys printed to send to advance readers among critics and the trade. Printed on rectos only .]

 Letters John J. Mullen, The Viking Press, Inc., New York, New York, to Rupert Andrus, S. Easton, Massachusetts 1957 Jan 15 TLS, 1 page

[Regarding the new "amusing and satirical novel" by John Steinbeck, and arranging to send a galley, autographed by the author, to Andrus.]

 Rupert Andrusto John J. Mullen, The Viking Press, Inc. New York, New York 1957 Feb 2 TL (carbon), 1 page

[Expressing his appreciation for the autographed galleys of The Short Reign of Pippin IVby John Steinbeck, and praising the book.]

 John Steinbeckon The Viking Press, Inc. [1957] TLS (electrostatic copy), 1 page

[Letterhead, to "Dear Pat" [ Pat Covici], and typed at the top, "A LETTER FROM JOHN STEINBECK TO HIS EDITOR ABOUT `THE SHORT REIGN OF PIPPIN IV'," explaining that the book was written "because it's fun," and saying that it should be read in "a spirit of play."]