The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck - 1939

London: William Heinemann, 1939. First British Edition. Rose dust jacket in very good condition with some wear especially at spine extremities, rubbing, price clipped, tape repairs on verso, creasing and darkening of rear cover. Blue cloth over boards, crisp gilt titling on spine, spine edges a little worn, top edges slightly darkened, Australian bookseller label on pink front paste-down endpaper, foxing, slight musty odor, otherwise in very good condition. (Goldstone & Payne A12b)John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. (1902 - 1968), was a well-known American author, best known for this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. An interesting quote from Steinbeck as he was getting ready to write this novel, "I want to put a tag of shame on the greedy bastards who are responsible for this [the Great Depression and its effects]." This is truly a Great American Novel