The Grapes of Wrath.
First Edition of the John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel The Grapes of Wrath; Signed by Him
The Grapes of Wrath.
STEINBECK, John.
Item Number: 78050
New York: The Viking Press, 1939.
First issue, with “First Published in April 1939” on copyright page and first edition notice on front flap of dust jacket. Octavo, original beige cloth. Signed by John Steinbeck on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional example.
"The Grapes of Wrath is the kind of art that’s poured out of a crucible in which are mingled pity and indignation Its power and importance do not lie in its political insight but in its intense humanity [It] is the American novel of the season, probably the year, possibly the decade" (Clifton Fadiman). Listed by Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the twentieth century.
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