John Steinbeck / The Grapes of Wrath 1939 2nd Printing Before Publication VG+VG

Description: Building Your Great Collection; One Fine Book at a TimeThe Grapes of WrathSteinbeck, John New York: The Viking Press, 1939 Publisher's pictorial linen, endpapers printed with the sheet music for Battle Hymn of the Republic. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even age-toning. Modest shelf-handling wear with soil at the foot of the spine. Owner’s inscription on the front free endpage.In the original, dust jacket, designed by displaying the $2.75 price, lower corner clipped. Very minor edge-wear with older tape reinforcement on the inside; Evenly age-dulled Very Good+ / Very Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. The epic of the Great Depression, a book that galvanized—and sometimes outraged—millions of readers. A portrait of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless, of one man’s fierce reaction to injustice, and of one woman’s stoical strength, the novel captures the horrors of the Great Depression and probes into the very nature of equality and justice in America.The Grapes of Wrath is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939. The book won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and it was cited prominently when Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962.Also the basis for the 1940 John Ford directed film, bearing the same name starring Henry Fonda, 'The Grapes of Wrath' is widely considered as one of the greatest American films of all time and was one of the first 25 films to be selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being 'culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant; ' Listed by Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the twentieth century.Recently added to the Zamorano Select Book List, a compilation and bibliography of great California books. Goldstone-Payne A12.a. And Check out our other items! Member ofABAA [American Booksellers Antiquarian Association]FABA [Florida Antiquarian Booksellers Association]IOBA [International Online Booksellers Association]The Ephemera Society of America Terms GuaranteeWe tend to be conservative in our grading, but even the best booksellers make an occasional mistake. Our books, and ephemera are described using AB Bookman standards. Our Guarantee: All items will be received as advertised and in the condition described. Any item is returnable for any reason within 30 days of receipt (prior notice appreciated). If you have questions regarding our description of any item, we encourage you to contact us prior to buying. We are members of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America) and the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), and we adhere to these associations' strict ethical guidelines and conditions of sale. ShippingStandard shipping is by USPS Media Mail. Delivery typically takes 4 – 8 days (and sometimes longer) depending upon destination.We are happy to upgrade shipping to Priority Mail or to arrange overseas shipping to most foreign countries. Please choose that at checkout.FeedbackWe leave feedback for buyers once they have posted feedback for us. If you are unhappy with any aspect of a transaction with us, please contact us immediately. Our priority is to make customers happy and to resolve problems as promptly as possible.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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