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New York: The Viking Press, 1939. Full Description: STEINBECK, John. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: The Viking Press, [1939]. First edition, first issue with "First Published in April 1939" on copyright page and first edition notice on front flap of dust jacket. Octavo (8 x 5 3/8 inches; 203 x 137 mm). [vi], 619, [3, blank] pp. In publisher's dust jacket illustrated by Elmer Hader. Publisher's original beige cloth. Boards and spine pictorially stamped and lettered in reddish-brown. Top edge dyed yellow. Endpapers with a portion of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" printed in reddish-brown. Tiny bookseller sticker on back pastedown. Jacket with "First Edition" slug on front flap and with the printed price of $2.75. Jacket at top and bottom edge with the slightest amount of rubbing. A small light stain to inside back panel, which slightly show through to the image. Still overall an about fine copy in an about fine jacket. This novel, about the trials and tribulations of the…

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.