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New York: The Viking Press (1939), 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [8], 3-619, [3] pp. Publisher's buckram with decorations in brown on the boards and spine, brown lettering on the spine; yellow topstain. Decorative endpapers and pastedowns printed with a section of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic". Price of $2.75 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Elmer Hader. The "First Edition" slug on the jacket's front flap's bottom corner. Ahearn APG 014d. Goldstone & Payne A12. The 1940 recipient of the Pulitzer Prize. Steinbeck's tour de force which deeply moved readers across the United States, including the First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt. This novel played a major role in reshaping American labor laws. It stands as a warning against completely unchecked, unfettered capitalism (one of the reasons why it became a target of book bans). Throughout the novel, greed and apathy each take their turn in ruining the lives and prospects 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.

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.