Description
First edition, first printing of The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, in the publisher’s first state dust jacket.
Octavo, [6], 619pp. [1]. Publisher’s gray cloth covers, end papers illustrated with “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Stated “First Published in April 1939” on copyright page. Yellow top stain. Faint offsetting to endpapers, which is typical with this book. Internally clean, free of marks or notations.
In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, with “First Edition” and $2.75 retail price on front flap, light wear at head of the spine, a short closed tear along top edge of rear panel, an exceptional example. Housed in custom green cloth clamshell, title in gilt on spine.
(Goldstone & Payne, A12a)
An exceptional copy.
Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction and the Pulitzer Prize in 1940. Dust jacket designed by Elmer Hader.
