Log From The Sea Of Cortez: The narrative portion of the book, Sea of Cortez, by John Steinbeck and E. F. Ricketts, 1941, here reissued with a profile "About Ed Ricketts" by John Steinbeck. The Viking Press. 1951. Date on title page same as that on copyright page. "PUBLISHED BY THE VIKING PRESS IN SEPTEMBER 1951" stated with no listing of later printings. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2" lxii, 282 pages hard cover with no dust jacket. Gilt lettering on spine and front cover are quite bright. Light cover edge wear. A pin-point sized white paint spot on the leading edge of the front cover. A new bookstore label is inside the back endpaper.  No other previous owner markings.  No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. KH27a