The Grapes of Wrath

STEINBECK, John

Verlag: The Macmillan Company of Canada Ltd., Toronto, 1939

Beschreibung

619 p. 21 cm. Publisher's beige cloth with brown impressing. In mylar-covered dustjacket illustrated by Elmer Hader. Top edge yellow. Music and lyrics for The Battle Hymn of the Republic on endpapers. Small tear to top of front panel. Faint mark on spine cloth. A bit of staining to gutters on endpapers. Some very light marks to text block edges. The story of the trials and tribulations of the Joad family, forced to migrate from the Depression-era "dust bowl" of Oklahoma to California looking for work. The novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1940 and is considered one of the greatest American novels. The Battle Hymn of the Republic is appropriate for the endpapers since the phrase "the grapes of wrath" is part of the lyrics. John Steinbeck was so impressed by the work of illustrator Elmer Hader (1889-1973) that he requested Hader to create the cover. Hader eventually did covers for two other Steinbeck works, East of Eden (1952) and The Winter of Our Discontent (1961). Goldstone & Payne A12a. HBS 68515. First Canadian edition with "First Edition" on front flap and "First published in April 1939" on copyright page. Identical to the American Viking first edition except for the publisher. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 149654

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Grapes of Wrath

Verlag: The Macmillan Company of Canada Ltd., Toronto

Erscheinungsdatum: 1939

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good

Auflage: 1. Auflage