first edition
1942 · New York
by STEINBECK, John
New York: Viking Press, 1942. First Edition. Second Issue, with large period on p.112 omitted, and with the following two lines added at the bottom of the copyright page: "Printed and Bound in the U.S.A. by/Kingsport Press, Inc., Kingsport, Tenn." Octavo; variant maroon cloth, with titling and rule stamped in silver on spine; light blue topstain; dustjacket; 188pp. Slight forward lean, with a touch of fading to topstain; Near Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped, printed on smooth paper with the flap edges untrimmed. Light wear to edges and gently sunned at spine; Near Fine. Basis for the 1943 film directed by Irving Pichel. GOLDSTONE & PAYNE A16b. MORROW 149. (Inventory #: 17876)