AMERICA AND AMERICANS, by John Steinbeck, illustrated by 136 pp. of photos by icons including Ansel Adams, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Andreas Feininger, and Gordon Parks, undated but vintage 1st printing of Bonanza Books 1st edition title copyrighted by Viking Press in 1966, 11 x 8.75-inch finely grained HB with embossed black lettering at linen-clad spine, DJ, 207 pp. with text and 105 B&W photos (some appearing on 2-page spread, thus covering 136 pp.), printed on semi-thick, white, polished stock + several color photos printed on semi-thick glossy stock,strong very good-plus condition (book is clean and tightly bound with small, shallow dent at upper front edge 3.25 inches front corner; also a soft bump to tip of lower rear corner; otherwise in great shape; DJ is bright, clean and fully intact with a couple of tiny, soft impressions at upper spine edge, 3 small surface scratches near upper rear corner above photo of Steinbeck, and slight crinkling over the bump to the lower rear corner);.
Per the first paragraph on the front flap, "America And Americans brings together a text by Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck and pictures by 55 prominent contemporary photographers, to render on a grand scale the many faces of the United States, its scenic beauty as well as its human variousness, and above all its vitality."
John Steinbeck was born in 1902 in Salinas, Monterey County, CA of mixed European stock. He wrote more than 20 books, including THE GRAPES OF WRATH, OF MICE AND MEN, TORTILLA FLAT, EASY OF EDEN,THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT, and TRAVELS WITH CHARLEY, an earlier book about America. He was awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize for Literature "for his at one and the same time realistic and imaginative writings, distinguished as they are by a sympathetic humor and a social perception."
There are many other copies on eBay, including Viking 1st editions with notably more DJ wear and some Bonanza editions. eBay, most in notably lesser condition,.There are also smaller 2002 reprints with the contents contained in 400 pages. The nicest very good HB 1st, with much more DJ edge wear, is $14.95 + $5.45 shipping. The only copy as nice as mine is $34.00 with free shipping.
My Buy-It-Now price of $24.00 includes shipping bubble-wrapped in a cardboard box via media mail, which takes around 7 days with tracking, less in California.