John Ernst Steinbeck (/ˈstaɪnbɛk/; February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has been called "a giant of American letters." More about John Steinbeck
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During his writing career, he authored 33 books, with one book coauthored alongside Edward Ricketts, including 16 novels, six non-fiction books, and two collections of short stories. He is widely known for the comic novels Tortilla Flat (1935) and Cannery Row (1945), the multi-generation epic East of Eden (1952), and the novellas The Red Pony (1933) and Of Mice and Men (1937). The Pulitzer Prize–winning The Grapes of Wrath (1939) is considered Steinbeck's masterpiece and part of the American literary canon. In the first 75 years after it was published, it sold 14 million copies.The most expensive item with a signature of John Steinbeck (JOHN STEINBECK Signed Auto Grapes Of Wrath 1962 Nobel Prize Letter BAS Slabbed) was sold in November 2023 for $5949.15 while the cheapest item (ELMORE LEONARD HAND SIGNED JOHN STEINBECK FDC) found a new owner for $4.84 in April 2010. The month with the most items sold (4) was August 2008 with an average selling price of $89.88 for an autographed item of John Steinbeck. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2023 with $1498.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $5.00 was January 2024. In average, an autographed item from John Steinbeck is worth $168.26.
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*SIGNED John Steinbeck, the Errant Knight : An Intimate Biography of His Cal | $200.00 | ||
John Steinbeck signed book titled Sweet Thursday estate find tad rough real deal | $395.00 | ||
JOHN STEINBECK Signed Business Card w/ Sketch, JSA LOA & Graded 8, Writer, RARE | $1498.00 | ||
John Steinbeck Signed/Dated Book The Moon is Down with COA - great cond. | $899.99 | ||
John Steinbeck The Grapes Of Wrath SIGNED Hardcover Dust Jacket 1940 | $180.27 | ||
John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row Tom Weber Signed + Incredible Large Postcard ??? | $10.00 | ||
signed-JOHN STEINBECK~A biography~by Jay Parini, 1995 h/b bk w/dj, preowned | $6.99 | ||
Spirit of Place by Frederick Turner SIGNED TO ELAINE (John) STEINBECK + LETTER | $34.99 | ||
The Wayward Bus John Steinbeck HC/DJ 1947 Signed | $350.00 | ||
WRATH of JOHN STEINBECK Bennett 1939 Signed Ltd Ed/Cvrs Loose/No Frontis SH$4US | $5.00 |