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STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). The Grapes of Wrath. New York: The Viking Press, [1939].
8vo. Original 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 “first edition” statement on front flap corner (spine a bit sunned, else fine).
FIRST EDITION of Steinbeck’s National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning Depression-era novel that follows an Oklahoma tenant farming family, the Joad’s, as they are forced to leave their home and search for a better life in California. It was the basis for the 1940 film of the same name starring Henry Fonda and directed by John Ford. In 1989, it was one of the first 25 films selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.
AN EXCEPTIONALLY ATTRACTIVE COPY of one of the most influential novels of the 20th century that is still one the most frequently challenged and censored books among public libraries (100 Banned Books, pp. 43-56). Goldstone & Payne A12a.