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Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck

$1,250 – $12,500 · 4 copies for sale · median asking price $2,750 · First edition

Half of the copies on the market sit between $1,438 and $6,125.

Market context

About 25% of the copies offered in the last 90 days have left the market.

Our own fair-value estimate is $1,500. It is built from our full comparable-price record for this title, which includes copies and sales not listed above.

Every copy for sale

Tortilla Flat (first edition, unknown) — Biblio $1,250
Tortilla Flat (first edition, later printing) — Whitmore Rare Books $1,500
Tortilla Flat (first edition) — David Brass Rare Books $4,000
Tortilla Flat (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books $12,500

Grouped as first edition. Copies whose dealer did not state an edition are listed separately and may not appear here.

Copies that have left the market

Bauer Rare Books delisted, 2026-09-06$750

None of these were confirmed as sold — they stopped being listed, which can mean a sale, a withdrawal, or a dealer changing systems. Treat them as last asking prices only.

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