STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). Cannery Row. New York: Viking Press, 1945. 8vo. Original publisher 's blue-lettered buff cloth, top edge stained blue; original dust pictorial dust jacket (edges with a few chips or tears occasionally with minor losses). Provenance: Jacob Benjamin (signature, 1947). First edition, first state of Steinbeck 's novel set in Monterey, California on a street lined with sardine canneries. Goldstone & Payne A22.a