Description
The first English edition, first impression of The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck.
Octavo, [10], 11-365pp, [1]. Publisher’s burgundy boards, title in gilt on the spine. Stated “First Published in Great Britain 1961” on the copyright page. Light foxing along leafends. Bookseller’s label on front pastedown, with a few tape remnants from dust jacket protector. In the publisher’s dust jacket, price clipped, light shelf wear to rear panel, a very good example. Dust jacket designed by Lacey Everett.
(Goldstone & Payne A38c)
Steinbeck’s final novel. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature the following year.
