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Covici-Friede, 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. A fine first edition in a very good dust jacket. Octavo (8" x 5 3/8"); 349pp. Publisher's tangerine-colored cloth, the spine ruled in red and titled in black, the top edge stained red; in the original, completely unrestored pictorial dust jacket, priced at $2.50 [Goldstone & Payne A5b]. The first novel in the author's 'Dust Bowl Trilogy' that also included Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath. The central figure of this novel is an activist for "the Party" (possibly the American Communist Party or the Industrial Workers of the World, although it is never specifically named in the novel) who is organizing a major strike by fruit pickers, seeking followers for his cause. GP A5B. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

In Dubious Battle is a novel by John Steinbeck, written in 1936, that tells the story of a fruit worker's strike in California which is both orchestrated and led in part by the novel's protagonist, who is involved in the labor movement.

First editions published by Covici Friede in 1936 might have specific design features on the dust jacket and bindings, a mention of 'First Edition' stated on the copyright page, and may include a serial number sequence.