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1939rif. 14663International Collectors Library. Very Good. Hardcover. Navy leatherette cover with gilt stamping has small bump to tailcap and scuff along front hinge otherwise pristine. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Light scuffing to top gilt page edge. Collector's notes laid-in. Pages are clean and pristine. .; 0 pages . 1939. International Collectors Library hardcover
rif. 31497London Heinemann 1939. vi553pp. 8vo. Original cloth in unfaded purple dustwrapper a few spots on edges. A very good copy indeed. . 3rd impression of the UK edition from the same month as the first edition. London, Heinemann 1939. hardcover
rif. 0606001743.Glibrary. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
rif. 0670347922.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1939rif. LPB008140JSNew York: The Viking Press 1939. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Good/N/A. First Printing with "" First Published in April 1939' and no other statements. In tan buckram cloth boards with iconic wraparound illustration in brown. Some dark spots to front board and a few marks/spots to rear board as well. Top page ends tinted brown which has faded. Small spots rubbed through to top corners. Gift inscription in pencil to ffep previous owner's name and address to title page note in pencil to rfep and price in pencil to rear pastedown which also has a few lines of notes in ink at top. In brand new high quality facsimile jacket. The Viking Press hardcover
1939rif. 19471New York: Viking Press 1939. FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE. Original brown publisher’s pictorial cloth with illustrated endpapers. Dust jacket unclipped with “First Edition” on lower corner of front flap. Copyright page states “First Published in April 1939.” Includes like new folded advertisement booklet entitled “What America thinks of The grapes of wrath by John Steinbeck” by Newbegin’s Book Shop San Francisco. Dust jacket a bit ragged on top edges with minor rubbing on joints but otherwise very good; book in fine condition. First edition first issue; a fine copy of Steinbeck’s most iconic novel. One of the most important pieces of twentieth-century American literature Steinbeck’s colorful dialogue and haunting prose brought global attention to the plight of the farmers and migrant workers of the Dust Bowl. Almost one hundred years later the novel’s central themes of economic disparity labor rights climate change and religious conflict will still resonate with modern readers. This is an extremely crisp near pristine first edition copy. As a young man Steinbeck 1902-1968 worked with migrant laborers on the farms of his native central California coast an experience which became a rich source of inspiration for several of his novels and short stories. Goldstone A12. Viking Press unknown
1939rif. 09613New York: The Viking Press 1939. First Edition. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. First printing. 619pp. Bound in original pictorial oatmeal cloth stamped in brown top edges stained yellow. Light soiling and small scuff to ffep. Internally quite clean with no markings of any kind. A very good copy. The Viking Press hardcover
2008rif. 1-1410407853Thorndike Pr 2008. Hardcover. New. large print edition. 773 pages. 8.75x6.00x1.75 inches. Thorndike Pr hardcover
1939rif. 056103London: William Heinemann 1939. Fourth Impression . Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 8vo. LONDON : 1939. First published in the same year. Hardback. Original dark red publisher's cloth; gilt lettered spine. In dark-red printed dust-jacket facsimile of first edition jacket. Bright tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED in like jacket; now placed in a clear protective sleeve. 553 pages. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. 8vo. Rosley Books for Antiquarian books CHS Cumberland Everyman GKC Inklings Keswick Literature MacDonald Rarities Theology and History. . William Heinemann hardcover
1998rif. 002200737LONDON: THE FOLIO SOCIETY. BOUND IN LIGHT BROWN BUCKRAM CLOTH WITH ABSTRACT DESIGN OF WILTING CORN TO FRONT BOARD AND BRIGHT GILT TITLE BLOCK TO SPINE THIS DATED 1998 HARDCOVER FIRST THUS EDITION THIRD PRINTING IS FINE IN NEAR FINE SLIP-CASE TINY BUMP TO BOX EDGE. 473pp WITH INTRODUCTION BY STUDS TERKEL 17 ILLUSTRATIONS BY BONNIE CHRISTENSEN. PERFECT UNMARKED ENDPAPERS ALL PRESENT. CONDITION FINE . Fine. Hardcover. First Thus Edition. 3rd Printing. 1998. THE FOLIO SOCIETY hardcover
1939rif. 2306081New York: Viking 1939. First. hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fine first edition in a near ine first issue dust jacket tiny wear on top corners of spine of dj First Edition stated on front flap. Housed in a custom-made slipcase. Viking unknown
1988rif. 230377Franklin Center PA: The Franklin Library 1988. Award-Winning American Classic Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Oblong octavo 424 pages pictorial brown cloth gilt aeg Frontispiece drawing by Douglas Frampton. With a center portfolio of "Drought and Depression" photographs. Downs FAMOUS AMERICAN BOOKS 43; See also 2012 exhibition at the Library of Congress: "Books That Shaped America". The Franklin Library hardcover
1943rif. 009846Stockholm: Zephyr Books / The Continental Book Company. First edition. Scarce original 1943 Zephyr Books wartime hard cover issue. Published Stockholm: Zephyr Books / The Continental Book Company 1943. Text in English. 8vo. 5" x 7 1/4" 553pp. Plain beige cloth with cover inlays on heavy boards patterned endpapers top edge tinted brown. Some darkening to the spine cloth light foxing on rear pastedown. Very good. Zephyr Books later reissued the title in 1948 as a paperback. . Very Good. Hard. 1st. 1943. Zephyr Books / The Continental Book Company unknown
1939rif. 143492London: William Heinemann 1939. First English edition of the author's classic work. Octavo original cloth. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. "The Grapes of Wrath is the kind of art that’s poured out of a crucible in which are mingled pity and indignation Its power and importance do not lie in its political insight but in its intense humanity It is the American novel of the season probably the year possibly the decade" Clifton Fadiman. It is the basis for the 1940 John Ford directed film bearing the same name starring Henry Fonda. It is widely considered as one of the greatest American films of all time. In 1989 this film 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. William Heinemann hardcover
1939rif. 326769New York: The Viking Press 1939. First Edition. 619 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original cloth pictorial unclipped dust jacket by Elmer Hader. Near fine copy with tape repairs to the jacket corners and some rubbing along front hinge of jacket. First Edition. 619 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The Classic Novel of the Great Depression. Very attractive copy of this 20th-century American highspot. The tale of the Joad family as they travel across the country from Oklahoma to California in the midst of the Great Depression is one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century. It is Steinbeck's masterpiece. The Grapes of Wrath won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer and was central in the awarding of Steinbeck the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. Goldstone & Payne A12a The Viking Press unknown
1939rif. 017883New York: The Viking Press 1939. Nice copy of this classic in its first printing. Unmarked tight and square. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Oatmeal cloth with purpleish lettering and stamping to boards is clean with sharp tips. Price intact jacket with First Edition stated on bottom of front flap has the iconic illustration by Elmer Hader. Color rich on front panel but tanned an spine with color returning on back panel. Shallow chip at bottom of rear panel. Moderate wear at front fold. Basis for the outstanding film directed by John Ford that starred Henry Fonda in his greatest role. . First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Viking Press Hardcover
1975rif. 054445Franklin Center PA: The Franklin Library. Fine. 1975. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Genuine gold-stamped red leather with four raised spine-bands all edges gilt silk moire end-papers and a ribbon bookmark this copy is in excellent condition and the binding is tight as if unread there is one minor flaw only: a mild discreet shallow corner-crease to the top front corner . The Franklin Library hardcover
1939rif. B15-23-133New York: Viking Press 1939. Third printing. 619p cloth no DW slight shelfwear VG Viking Press hardcover
1964rif. 053464New York: Viking Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1964. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket Compass Book edition both the book and jacket have the same artwork as the first edition the book is in excellent condition with a bit of softening to the bottom edge of the spine and no other remarkable flaws the sturdy cloth spine is clean and tight and the contents are fine the jacket has several tiny edge-tears and the background spine-coloring is faded the jacket is clean and presentable and a professional removable mylar cover is included . Viking Press hardcover
1967rif. 28860New York: The Viking Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. Book Club Edition. Hard Cover. Publisher's full cream cloth red lettering on spine red embossed vignette on spine and covers top edge red fore-edge deckle. Facsimile edition published in 1967. The Grapes of Wrath is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck and first 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 1962. The volume is in perfect pristine condition unmarked unread tight square and clean. The dust jacket now in Mylar is only mildly chipped and worn at the head and heel. FINE/VERY GOOD. Book Club Edition. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. vi 473 pp . The Viking Press hardcover
1939rif. 2302028New York: Viking 1939. First. hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fine first edition in a fine first issue dust jacket. A virtually flawless copy very rare in this pristine condition. Housed in a custom-made collectors foldout case. Viking unknown
1939rif. 162844New York: The Viking Press 1939. A stunning copy with the author's mounted signature First edition first printing with the author's signature on a card mounted to the half-title of his masterpiece one of the greatest American novels of the century and widely regarded as the supreme literary achievement of the Depression era. The film adaptation by Darryl F. Zanuck produced the following year is likewise readily ranked as among the greatest 20th-century American films. The fine jacket design is by the children's writer and illustrator Elmer Hader 1889-1973 joint recipient alongside his wife Berta of the 1948 Caldecott medal. Steinbeck was so taken with the illustrations in their book Billy Butter 1936 that he specially requested Elmer design the jacket for The Grapes of Wrath. Elmer later designed the jackets of East of Eden 1952 and The Winter of Our Discontent 1961. Octavo. Original buff cloth spine lettered in brown pictorial design in brown wrapped around spine and covers endpapers printed with sheet music for "Battle Hymn of the Republic" top edge yellow. With dust jacket. Housed in green quarter morocco folding box by the Chelsea Bindery. A fine copy in the exceptionally smart and bright jacket couple of trivial nicks to upper edges near-fine. Goldstone & Payne A12a. hardcover
1939rif. 548174New York: The Viking Press 1939. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. About very good with stains and bookstore labels on the pastedowns and endpapers light penciled notes on the rear endpage a few small stains to the edge of the textblock and light soiling to the boards in good or better dust jacket with glue residue from extensive tape reinforcement to the inside toning and moaderate edgewear including nicks tears and a few small chips. Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of an Oklahoma family's migration to California during the Depression. Basis for the John Ford film featuring Henry Fonda as Tom Joad. Ford and supporting actress Jane Darwell won Academy Awards; Fonda was nominated but lost to Robert Donat in Goodbye Mr. Chips! Steinbeck's masterpiece and literature's lasting testament to the Great Depression it was singled-out in his citation for the Nobel Prize decades later. The Viking Press hardcover
1980rif. TB32567Franklin Center: Franklin Library 1980. Limited Franklin Library Edition. Fine in full decorated light brown leather covered boards with gilt text and decorations between two raised bands on the spine and with gilt tool work on the front and rear boards. The edges of the text block are gilt and the end papers are silk Sewn into the head of the spine is a silk placement ribbon. 495 pages of text with illustrations by Charles Reid. One of the volumes in The Franklin Library's collection of The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature. Steinbeck won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction with this title in 1940. A tight clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. Franklin Library hardcover
1939rif. 2302110Viking Press 1939. first. hardcover. near fine/very good. First edition first published in April 1939 stated on copyright page and "First Edition" at bottom of front flap. Book near fine very slight tanning to spine very minor foxing to page edges. Dust jacket very good some wear two tears to spine repair to rear flap hinge small tape at top of inside dj tanning to spine. Housed in custom-made slipcase. Viking Press unknown
