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STEINBECK, John (1902–1968). The Grapes of Wrath. New York: The Viking Press, [1939]. 8vo. Original publisher’s beige cloth stamped with line drawings in reddish–brown, a portion of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” printed in reddish–brown on endpapers; original pictorial dust jacket with” $2.75” price on front flap but with edition statement corner clipped (spine gently sunned, few tiny chips at extreme ends, light edge rubbing at folds, else fine). FIRST EDITION in a second printing dust jacket. The Grapes of Wrath was a National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize–winning Depression–era novel that follows an Oklahoma tenant farming family, the Joads, as they are forced to leave their home and search for a better life in California. Considered one of the most influential novels of the 20th century and is still one the most frequently challenged and censored books among public libraries (100 Banned Books, pp. 43–56). Goldstone & Payne A12a.