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1939. New York: Viking, 1939. 8vo, 619 pp. Original beige cloth with pictorial decoration in brown, unclipped dust-jacket. A fine copy in a near fine dust-jacket, unusually bright with only a few touches of abrasion and a hint of shelfwear to the ends of the folds.§ First edition, with the price and 'First Edition' statement on the inside flap of the dust-jacket. A beautiful copy of Steinbeck's greatest book, which won him the Pulitzer Prize and figured largely in his later receiving the Nobel Prize. The screen version was one of those rare occasions when a great book became a great film, winning two Oscars. Payne and Goldstone A12a.

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.