New York: Viking Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing with 'first published in April 1939' on copyright page. Oatmeal cloth, brown lettering. Top edge lightly sunned, light scattered foxing to text block edge, glue darkening at endpages. Tight, square, unmarked, and sharp-cornered. The original jacket in mylar has the $2.75 price and the words "first edition" on front flap, with clipped corners on back flap and slight clipping of corners on front flap. The jacket is toned at spine and has mild edgewear, small closed tear to back panel, rubbed corners. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

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John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath stands as a pivotal piece of American literature. The story follows the Joad family (and thousands of others) as they are driven from the Oklahoma farm where they are sharecroppers during the Great Depression. The drought, economic hardship, and changes in financial and agricultural industries send them searching for dignity and honest work in the bountiful state of California. The novel earned Steinbeck the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1940, and inspired the classic film of the same name the same year. The film starred Henry Fonda as Tom Joad, and Steinbeck's words and ideas shine through that medium. In 1962, Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for the body of his work, and The Grapes of Wrath stands as his most recognized and esteemed book. -

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Bookseller: curtis paul books inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 17248
Title: The Grapes of Wrath
Author: Steinbeck, John
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Viking Press
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1939

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