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, slightly faded. Internally clean. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $2.75 retail price on the front flap, with the “First Edition” statement along lower edge of the front flap. Closed tear at hinge of the front panel, prior tape repair to verso, faint soiling to the spine, bright illustrations.
(Goldstone & Payne, A12a)
An attractive copy.
Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction and the Pulitzer Prize in 1940. Dust jacket designed by Elmer Hader.
