The grapes of wrath

New York: Viking Press, 1939. FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE. Original brown publisher’s pictorial cloth with illustrated endpapers. Dust jacket unclipped with “First Edition” on lower corner of front flap. Copyright page states “First Published in April 1939.” Includes like new folded advertisement booklet entitled “What America thinks of The grapes of wrath by John Steinbeck” by Newbegin’s Book Shop, San Francisco. Dust jacket a bit ragged on top edges with minor rubbing on joints, but otherwise very good; book in fine condition. First edition, first issue; a fine copy of Steinbeck’s most iconic novel. One of the most important pieces of twentieth-century American literature, Steinbeck’s colorful dialogue and haunting prose brought global attention to the plight of the farmers and migrant workers of the Dust Bowl. Almost one hundred years later, the novel’s central themes of economic disparity, labor rights, climate change, and religious conflict will still resonate with modern readers.

This is an extremely crisp, near pristine first edition copy.

As a young man, Steinbeck (1902-1968) worked with migrant laborers on the farms of his native central California coast, an experience which became a rich source of inspiration for several of his novels and short stories.

Goldstone, A12.