Description
Signed limited edition of In Dubious Battle by John Steinbeck, with the publisher’s wax paper jacket and slipcase.
Octavo, 349pp, [3]. Beige buckram boards, with title in gilt on black buckram spine. Red topstain. Solid text block, fine condition. In the publisher’s original wax paper dust jacket, exceptional condition less one small chip to rear flap. Protected by a custom acetate wrap around. (Goldstone + Payne A5a)
Housed in the original matching slipcase, with “In Dubious Battle” printed in black on a yellow paper label affixed to spine. Thin split starting to top edge, near fine condition.
One of 99 signed limited edition copies, this one numbered 43. Signed by John Steinbeck on the colophon.
This limited edition of In Dubious Battle is the true first edition, predating the trade edition in the memorable yellow dust jacket. The novel follows a California fruit worker’s strike and the attempts of a labor union to unite and improve conditions for the workers. In Dubious Battle is often overshadowed in memory by Steinbeck’s subsequent two novels, Of Mice and Men (1937) and The Grapes of Wrath (1939).
