The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

The Viking Press, 1939. First edition. Early printing.

$50One copy · this copy

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Book: Very Good
Our ref: RCB-e233cf4510f2

What we checked, and where to see itRCB-e233cf4510f2 · 11 photographs of this copy

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First US edition: Viking Press, New York, April 1939, buff cloth pictorial boards

examined on the copy in hand

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First printing copyright page carries 'First published in April 1939' and the words 'First Edition'

examined on the copy in hand

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This copy's copyright page reads only 'Copyright, 1939, by John Steinbeck / Printed in the United States of America' — a reset later-printing page lacking the edition statement

examined on the copy in hand

✓

Dust jacket (with $2.75 price) not present in these photos

examined on the copy in hand

Flaws, each one named

chipping and wear to spine tail cloth

see it — photograph 2

bumped/rubbed corners and spine ends

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foxing/spotting to endpapers

see it — photograph 4

ink ownership inscription 'Dennell Jernigan / Staff Dorm / CSH', front free endpaper

see it — photograph 6

toning to page-block edges

see it — photograph 9

This copy

First edition

What a true first shows: The Viking Press, New York, 1939, cloth; first printing states 'First published in April 1939' and 'First Edition' on the copyright page

Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.