THE GRAPES OF WRATH. Signed

by Steinbeck, John

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New York: The Viking Press, 1939 First Edition. 8vo., ; [i-vi] [1-2] 3-619 [3]. Signed by the author at the top of the 'Battle Hymn' front free endpaper in blue fountain pen: "John Steinbeck". A very good copy showing moderate use in an about very good Elmer Hader designed dustwrapper that has had a long vertical cut at the spine repaired, narrow loss at the spine heel, a "W" chip at the crown, bottom corner First Edition slug clipped leaving the blue edge visible, correct two dollar & seventy-five cent price present. Faults aside, a very good signed copy of this 20th century masterpiece singled-out in his citation for the Nobel Prize decades later. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for 1940 & two Oscars for the 1940 John Ford film of the same title starring Henry Fonda. Goldstone & Payne A12a. Salinas Public Library, 29. Bruccoli & Clark I:354, Time Magazine's 100 Best Modern Novels & Modern Library's Top 100 Novels [1998]. The most sought after signed Steinbeck title. . 1st Edition.