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Square and tight in generally lightly soiled yellow and red cloth boards - top and bottom edges more so. Previous owner bookplate on front pastedown. All corners bumped and lightly frayed. Front and rear endpapers moderately age toned, as are page edges. Interior leaves evenly lightly age toned with no previous owner markings. Front hinge tender but holding. Rear hinge tender but holding. Top edges stained red. 1936 on copyright page with no additional printings. Fair+ jacket is overall evenly age toned, more so on spine. Front panel lightly soiled. Rear panel moderately soiled. All corners clipped but $2.50 price is intact. Jacket heavily tape repaired on verso. Front flap fold is split and tape repaired. Rear flap fold starting to split, also tape repaired. Spine fold split where it meets back panel, partially tape repaired. Crown and foot of spine heavily chipped. Spine rubbed near bottom, not impacting text. All edges chipped, back panel more so, with two closed tears (1' and 2') at top, impacting text. Despite its flaws, still an appealing copy of an important American classic. In mylar.

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.