Steinbeck, John Hader, Elmer Dust Jacket Illustrator; The Grapes of Wrath
NEW YORK, VIKING PRESS, 1939 FIRST ED, HARD BACK
Overall Condition is: VERY GOOD
APRIL 1939 tan cloth hardcover with heavy soiling, , endpages yellowed, hinges slightly loose, the dust jacket is very nice with small tear/chips to top and bottom of spine, covered in mylar protective cover. Jacket illustration by Elmer Hader . The colors of this original dust jacket are bright and vivid; Dustjacket has CUT FLAP AT BOTTOM THUS ONLY BLUE DIAGONAL LINE SHOWING note at bottom inside flap and $ 2.75 price shown at top of flap. Battle Hymn end papers. COPYRIGHT First Published in April1939 The Grapes of Wrath won both the National Book Award in 1939 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1940. It was also considered a major contributing factor in Steinbeck's 1962 awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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