Steinbeck John

ref. JD35535 — n.p. NY Viking 1989 first edition wrappers. Softcover. Advance copy an unrevised and unpublished proof that with a few exceptions is close to the finished hardcover book edited by Robert DeMott then director of the Steinbeck Research Center at San Jose State University DeMott remains one of the best and most readable of all the major Steinbeck scholars includes DeMott's preface and his lengthy and informative introduction in addition to Steinbeck's journals leading up to and right after his writing of The Grapes of Wrath in an attempt "to map the actual working days and hours" of his masterpiece. Some sunning to spine else fine. n.p. (NY), Viking, 1989, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. paperback