The Viking Press, 1939
First Edition, First Printing: Fine/Near Fine. Beautiful bright near fine plus condition clean book with a magnificent near fine vibrant original unclipped dust jacket.
A fine/near fine copy of this book with stunning oatmeal cloth boards with sharp corners and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are clean with no inscriptions, no bookplate and no owner names. The internal pages are clean, bright and flat, internally appearing as fresh and unread.
This original First Issue Dust Jacket (with the “First Printing” statement on the inner corner of the front flap), is bright and vibrant in color and received only slight restoration to one small triangular chip. The jacket presents in magnificent near fine/fine condition and without the typical discoloration or sunning to the spine. Instead the dust jacket is bright and maintains the strong vibrant colors with no other rips, no chips, no edgewear, no fading, no foxing and no stains. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has the stated price of $2.75 on the front inner flap. A stunning dust jacket, scarce in this condition.
A very handsome copy of this scarce title in superb condition. Presents extremely well on the shelf. The Grapes of Wrath won a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award and was made into a notable film in 1940. The novel is about the migration of a dispossessed family from the Oklahoma Dust Bowl to California and describes their subsequent exploitation by a ruthless system of agricultural economics
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