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The Grapes of Wrath
by Steinbeck, John
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- hardcover
- First
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press, 1939. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Condition is Very Good, bound in original pictorial beige cloth and music sheet illustrated end papers; with a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. All corners of flaps are clipped, however "first edition" statement remains intact on front flap. Edge wear to jacket, including minor chipping to jacket crown at spine. A few instances of repair from jacket interior, no visible influence to jacket exterior. Subtle instance of rubbing to top corner of half title page. No markings to text. Binding is intact and tight. 8vo. Overall, a clean and solid copy of the First Edition with the original First Issue jacket in bright condition. Steinbeck's masterpiece, which also won the Pulitzer Prize.
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Evolving Lens Bookseller
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- Bookseller Inventory #
- 14861
- Title
- The Grapes of Wrath
- Author
- Steinbeck, John
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used
- Quantity available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date published
- 1939
- Keywords
- John Steinbeck, Literature
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- jacket
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- chipping
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...[more]
- flap(s)
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- half title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...[more]
- rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....[more]
- price clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...[more]
- title page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...[more]
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...[more]
- tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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