THE GRAPES OF WRATH

First UK edition, first printing. Publisher's original turquoise cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the spine tips and board corners lightly rubbed, the cloth and gilt fresh. There are three small spots to the bottom edge of the closed text-block and one to the top, the contents are otherwise clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper that remains bright and without loss or tears. Not price clipped (8s 6d on the front flap). A very attractive example.

An enduring modern classic, Steinbeck's Great American Novel 'The Grapes of Wrath' follows a struggling farming family as they flee the Dust Bowl for California during the Great Depression. It won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and was cited by the Nobel committee as one of the factors in their deciding to award Steinbeck with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. The novel was adapted into the 1940 Academy Award winning film of the same name, directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda and Jane Darwell.