Chronicles a six week fishing trip to collect marine specimens in the Gulf of California.

Includes an extensive biographical section on Ed Rickets (the Doc from Cannery Row who was Steinbeck's companion on the voyage).

London: Heinemann, 1958. First UK Edition. lxvii, 282 pp. 8vo. Map on endpapers. Jacket stained (mainly along spine). Minor chips in jacket edge as well. A few spots on fore-edge. ery good in good + dust-jacket. Hardcover.