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New York: Viking Press, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. One of John Steinbeck’s most celebrated novels that received the National Book Award for Fiction in 1939 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1940.  This masterpiece was later adapted into a highly acclaimed film directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda.  Considered one of the greatest films ever made, it received several Academy Award nominations and took home the Oscar for Best Director and Best Supporting Actress for Jane Darwell (Ma Joad).  The novel was also listed by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the twentieth century (Wikipedia). 8vo, bound in original beige cloth with brown lettered spine and debossed illustrated front board.  In original dust jacket preserved in a clear sleeve.  True First Edition.  Points include “First Edition” on the front flap of the dust jacket and "First Published in April 1939" on copyright page.  Slight lean to spine.  Corners and head of spine…

The Grapes of Wrath, written by John Steinbeck, is a powerful novel depicting the struggles of the Joad family during the Great Depression as they journey from Oklahoma to California in search of a better life.

The first edition of 'The Grapes of Wrath' published by Viking Press would be bound in beige cloth with the title and author's name printed on the spine and front cover, without the Pulitzer Prize mention since it was awarded in 1940, after the first edition release.