John Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath First 1st Edition w DJ Start Price USD 2,900.00 Current Price USD 2,900.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, November 14, 2008 End Time Monday, November 24, 2008 Location Los Angeles, California See more about 'John Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath First 1st Edition w DJ' Description First edition, first printing of "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck. New York: The Viking Press: 1939. Accompanied by original dustjacket. Meets all first printing points. Copyright page reads: "FIRST PUBLISHED IN APRIL 1939." Dustjacket, unique to the first edition, shows $2.75 price at top right corner of front flap and "FIRST EDITION" at bottom right corner. Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel follows a family of destitute, Depression-era Oklahoma sharecroppers forced to abandon their homes in search of a better life in California. After its publication, the novel was attacked by some as leftist propaganda. It has been called "the most thoroughly discussed novel - in criticism, reviews, and college classrooms - of twentieth century American literature." Dustjacket shows mild toning, light overall edgewear and some paper loss to edges of backstrip; otherwise a remarkably clean, still-bright jacket in excellent condition. Book's ffep contains a blind stamp of the prior owner "Milton L. Miller." Book is in near fine condition. Place a Bid!