John Steinbeck: The Collection of  Preston Beyer: Donated to the Princeton University Library   
 By His Daughters:  Barbara A. Rice,  Marilyn S. Shuffler,  Lynne B. Sagalyn.
 Annotated Catalogue of the Collection
 
THE VIKING PORTABLE LIBRARY
 
The Viking Portable Library. New York: Viking Press, July 1943. Selected and with foreword by Pascal Covici. Beige cloth, top edges red. Dustjacket. [Beyer - BY - 231]
The Portable Steinbeck. New York: Viking Press, January 1946. Introduction by Lewis Gannett. Selected by Pascal Covici. Enlarged edition. Yellow cloth, top edges red. Dustjacket. A.H. Goldstone bookplate. [Beyer - BY - 232]
The Indispensable Steinbeck. New York: The Book Society, 1951. Selected by Pascal Covici. Introduction by Lewis Gannett. Red cloth. Publisher's slipcase. [Beyer - BY - 233]
The Portable Steinbeck. New York: Viking Press, 1971. With two complete novels. Revised and enlarged with bibliographic notes by Pascal Covici, Jr.. Tan plastic cloth. Dustjacket. [Beyer - BY - 234]
New York: Viking Press, 1971. Revised, selected, and introduced by Pascal Covici, Jr. Black cloth. [Beyer - BY - 235]
As above in wrappers. [Beyer - BY - 236]
The Portable Steinbeck. New York: Penguin Book Anthology, 1976. Edited by Pascal Covici, Jr. Revised and enlarged edition. Wrappers. [Beyer - BY - 237]
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