East of Eden - UK 1stEast of Eden by John Steinbeck. First edition (1952). First impression. Medium format hardback in very good+ condition, no internal markings, pages clean, binding firm. The jacket has wear to extremities along with some minor loss. now in removable protective sleeve. About East of Eden 'There is only one book to a man' Steinbeck wrote of East of Eden. Set in the rich farmland of the Salinas Valley, California, this powerful, also often brutal novel,