Books

First edition. Scarce original 1943 Zephyr Books wartime hard cover issue. Published Stockholm: Zephyr Books / The Continental Book Company, 1943. Text in English. 8vo., 5" x 7 1/4", 553pp. Plain beige cloth with cover inlays on heavy boards, patterned endpapers, top edge tinted brown. Some darkening to the spine cloth, light foxing on rear pastedown. Very good. Zephyr Books later reissued the title in 1948 as a paperback. Size: 8vo.

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.