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1939rif. 58619NY: The Viking Press 1939. First Edition seventh printing. Published two months after the first printing which was published in April 1939. There were 430000 copies printed in the first year. Goldstone-Payne A12a Notes. Thick 8vo. pictorial gray cloth in original dust jacket. 619 pages. Very Good covers nice; contents clean & tight; ink name dated "Oct. 31 1939" at the upper corner of the front pastedown; minor edgewear one-inch tear on each side at the top of the spine are internally repaired with clear archival tape; "Seventh Printing" on front flap d/j. A nice copy. The Viking Press unknown books
1939rif. 2606004Viking Press 1939. first. hardcover. fine/very good. First edition with "First Published In April 1939" stated on copyright page and first edition dust jacket slug on front flap. Book fine some discoloration to end papers. Dust jacket very good some wear and tear rubbing and chipping tears to upper and lower right of spine and upper front hinge panel tanning two bookstore stickers to rear flap. Comes in supplied slipcase. Viking Press unknown books
1939rif. 332642New York: Viking 1939. First. hardcover. fine/very good. Thick 8vo oatmeal cloth pictorially stamped in brown. d.w. New York.: Viking 1939. First edition. Fine copy in a bright first issue dust wrapper with 2 closed tears rubbed edges & a scratch on the back panel; ownership signature. Steinbeck's masterpiece winner of the Pulitzer Prize and basis for a 1940 film. Viking unknown books
1939rif. 140949185New York: The Viking Press 1939. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. vi 619 pp. Bound in publisher's oatmeal speckled cloth with brown pictorial stamping yellow topstain "Battle Hymn of the Republic" endpapers. Near Fine with bookplate to front pastedown and trivial tape ghosts to back free endpaper. In a Near Fine correct dust jacket with publisher's price $2.75 and "First Edition" statement present on front flap. Light wear and toning creasing along outer edge of front flap and tape residue to lower spine verso. Goldstone & Payne A12. A beautiful copy of the classic Great Depression novel from the library of the American naval officer and book collector Charles John Muto. Winner of the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize and inspiration for the acclaimed 1940 John Ford film starring Henry Fonda. The Viking Press unknown books
1939rif. 352819New York: The Viking Press 1939. First Edition. 619 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original cream pictorial cloth. In original "First Edition" dustjacket faded on spine closed tear to front panel of jacket at bottom. First Edition. 619 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The Classic Novel of the Great Depression. 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 books
1939rif. 605800New York: The Viking Press 1939. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Pastedown with minor toning from binder's glue spine lightly tanned and front board with a small stain very good or better lacking the dust jacket. A decent copy of this 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 books
1939rif. 2349958New York: The Viking Press 1939. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 144x80x32. 11th printing of trade edition no book club indent on rear corner. Lacks jacket. Spine edges and endpapers soiled ink name and address on front endpaper. Binding tight and square text clean and unmarked. 1939 Hard Cover. 619 pp. 8vo. The Pulitzer Prize winning novel that encapsulated the American experience during the Great Depression. It inspired the equally successful John Ford film starring Henry Fonda Jane Darwell and John Carradine which won two Academy Awards. The Viking Press hardcover books
1939rif. 140948294New York: The Viking Press 1939. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. vi 619 pp. Bound in publisher's oatmeal speckled cloth with brown pictorial stamping yellow topstain "Battle Hymn of the Republic" endpapers. Near Fine typical offsetting scattered tiny stains to fore edge of textblock. In a Near Fine correct dust jacket with publisher's price $2.75 and "First Edition" statement present on front flap lightly worn and toned several small stains to spine panel and label residue to rear flap. Goldstone & Payne A12. The classic Great Depression novel winner of the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize and inspiration for the acclaimed 1940 John Ford film starring Henry Fonda. The Viking Press unknown books
1939rif. 140947496New York: The Viking Press 1939. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition first printing. Signed by John Steinbeck on the front free endpaper and inscribed "affectionately" to Edna Goss. Goldstone-Payne A12. vi 619 pp. Bound in publisher's oatmeal cloth with pictorial brown stamping yellow topstain. "Battle Hymn of the Republic" printed endpapers. Near Fine with light rubbing to cloth very light soiling to textblock edges bookseller ticket to back pastedown. In a Very Good dust jacket price-clipped but with "First Edition" statement on front flap; with light rubbing and edgewear 2 tears along flap folds and light staining. Housed in a custom leather clamshell case printed with the dust jacket painting by Elmer Hader signed by Papuchian H&H Bindery. A scarce signed first printing of Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the Great Depression. The Viking Press unknown books
1939rif. 7093New York: Viking Press 1939. First edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. A Near Fine copy in like dust jacket. A few spots to the topstain otherwise a bright fresh copy. First issue dust jacket retains the original price and "First Edition" slug on the front flap. Slight toning to the spine and a little rubbing at the spine ends. Housed in a blue clamshell case. Steinbeck's classic account of the Dust Bowl and Depression era struggle of the Joad family The Grapes of Wrath is a quintessential American classic. It would win both the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize; and the Nobel Prize committee would refer to it as Steinbeck's "epic chronicle" upon giving him the award in 1962. The book was the best-selling novel of 1939 and became instantly controversial upon its release for its depiction of farmers and worker rights. Of course The Grapes of Wrath was also adapted into the classic 1940 film directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda which was one of the first films selected by The Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. "It is a very long novel the longest that Steinbeck has written and yet it reads as if it had been composed in a flash ripped off the typewriter and delivered to the public as an ultimatum" Contemporary New York Times Review. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Viking Press unknown books
rif. 2505016Viking Press. later. hardcover. very good. Later printing. SIGNED by Steinbeck on front free end paper very light penciled signature. Book very good some rubbing couple of small stains to top edge. Comes in custom-made slipcase. Viking Press unknown books
1939rif. 140947921New York: The Viking Press 1939. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. vi 619 pp. Bound in publisher's oatmeal speckled cloth with brown pictorial stamping yellow topstain "Battle Hymn of the Republic" endpapers. Near Fine with darkening to cloth at joints light soiling to lower board and textblock edges and faint offsetting to endpapers. In a Near Fine correct first printing dust jacket with publisher's price $2.75 and "First Edition" statement present on front flap. Trivial toning small puncture to front flap fold. A beautiful copy in the original pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Elmer Hader. Goldstone & Payne A12. The classic American novel of the Great Depression and Okie migration which won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for fiction. It inspired the acclaimed 1940 John Ford film. The Viking Press unknown books
1940rif. 021966New York: Limited Editions Club 1940. First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. No mottling of the rawhide which is typical for this title and it remains supple with the silver lettering clear. Both books are very tight and unread. About Fine in a Good slipcase with the bottom edge split and the top edge partially so. Thomas Hart Benton. Two quarto 7-1/2" x 10-1/4" volumes bound in decorated grass cloth boards with rawhide spines. Designed by George Macy with introductions by Joseph Henry Jackson and Thomas Craven. The First Illustrated Edition of this Pulitzer Prize winner with 67 ORIGINAL TWO-COLOR LITHOGRAPHS black and yellow made on zinc plates by Thomas Hart Benton and printed by George Miller. Copy #35 of only 1146 printed SIGNED by the illustrator. Laid in is a printed note from the publisher about this most unusual binding. One of the most desirable books of the press because of the combination of a smaller than normal printing a popular author and Pulitzer Prize-winning book first published only the year before beautiful lithographs by Benton and an attractive and unusual binding. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1940rif. 2407229Viking Press 1940. 12th. hardcover. near fine. 12th printing as stated on copyright page. Book near fine crack to front gutter name of former owner to front paste-down. Viking Press unknown books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
1939rif. 2303010Viking Press 1939. first. hardcover. near fine/very good. First edition first published in April 1939 stated on copyright page with First Edition stated at bottom of front flap. Book near fine minor fading on spine and some faint spots on spine. Dust jacket very good some wear 2 inch tear at rear hinge bottom. Housed in custom-made slipcase. Viking Press unknown books
1939rif. ST17837New York: The Viking Press 1939. FIRST EDITION First Printing with the words "First Published in April 1939" printed on the copyright page. 202 x 130 mm. 7 7/8 x 5 1/4". 3 p.l. 619 pp. Attractive red morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for Asprey stamp-signed in gilt on front and rear turn-ins covers with single gilt rule raised bands gilt ruled compartments gilt lettering all edges gilt. Goldstone-Payne A12.a. Small unobtrusive stains at spine tail half title and one text leaf each with a tiny repair along top edge a half dozen insignificant marginal stains but an extremely appealing copy showing only the most negligible signs of use. Published when America was still deep in the Great Depression "The Grapes of Wrath" is a novel detailing the heartbreak of rural dispossession and a work that in the words of ANB "captured the decade's angst as well as the nation's legacy of fierce individualism visionary prosperity and determined westward movement." In citing it as one of the "Books that Shaped America" the Library of Congress noted "Few novels can claim that their message led to actual legislation but 'The Grapes of Wrath' did just that. Its story of the travails of Oklahoma migrants . . . ignited a movement in Congress to pass laws benefiting farmworkers. When Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize in 1962 the committee specifically cited this novel as one of the main reasons for the award." The novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1940 and was printed in a large press run making it readily available at the time and ever since. The present volume attractively bound in full morocco is an affordable alternative to copies of the first edition in the original binding and dust jacket which sell for prices many times the one we're asking here. The Viking Press unknown books
1939rif. ST18154New York: The Viking Press 1939. FIRST EDITION First Printing with the words "First Published in April 1939" printed on the copyright page. 210 x 135 mm. 8 1/4 x 5 3/8". 3 p.l. 619 pp. Publisher's pictorial linen endpapers printed with the sheet music for "Battle Hymn of the Republic." In the original unclipped dust jacket displaying the $2.75 price and "First Edition." In a fine modern blue calf clamshell box. Goldstone-Payne A12.a. A PRISTINE COPY. Published when America was still deep in the Great Depression "The Grapes of Wrath" is a novel detailing the heartbreak of rural dispossession and a work that in the words of ANB "captured the decade's angst as well as the nation's legacy of fierce individualism visionary prosperity and determined westward movement." In citing it as one of the "Books that Shaped America" the Library of Congress noted "Few novels can claim that their message led to actual legislation but 'The Grapes of Wrath' did just that. Its story of the travails of Oklahoma migrants . . . ignited a movement in Congress to pass laws benefiting farmworkers. When Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize in 1962 the committee specifically cited this novel as one of the main reasons for the award." The novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1940 and was printed in a large press run making it readily available at the time and ever since. But the present unsurpassably fine copy of Steinbeck's greatest work is almost literally from a time capsule: it is one of a dozen or so copies discovered in a warehouse in the 1980s still in their unopened boxes from Viking Press. While the copies at the bottom of the box had suffered some water damage those in the upper layers like the present one look unchanged from the day they were packed by the publisher. While there are numerous copies of this book currently on the market the condition here sets it far above the competition. It is certainly the finest copy of any important modern first edition we have ever offered for sale. The Viking Press unknown books
