1939 Hardcover Book, The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck, First Edition, 10th Printing, Novel, Fiction, Literature, Classic, Collectible

1939 Hardcover Book, The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck, First Edition, 10th Printing, Novel, Fiction, Literature, Classic, Collectible

A hardcover classic book entitled The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. This is a 1939 First Edition, 10th Printing, printed by The Viking Press. The cover boards are tan with a panorama drawn on the cover. It is missing its dust cover.

Tom Joad and his family are forced from their farm in the Depression-era Oklahoma Dust Bowl and set out for California along with thousands of others in search of jobs, land, and hope for a brighter future.

John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. (1902 – 1968) was an American author. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception." He has been called "a giant of American letters," and many of his works are considered classics of Western literature.
During his writing career, he authored 27 books, including 16 novels, six non-fiction books, and two collections of short stories. He is widely known for the comic novels Tortilla Flat (1935) and Cannery Row (1945), the multi-generation epic East of Eden (1952), and the novellas Of Mice and Men (1937) and The Red Pony (1937). The Pulitzer Prize-winning The Grapes of Wrath (1939) is considered Steinbeck's masterpiece and part of the American literary canon. In the first 75 years after it was published, it sold 14 million copies. Most of Steinbeck's work is set in central California, particularly in the Salinas Valley and the California Coast Ranges region. His works frequently explored the themes of fate and injustice, especially as applied to downtrodden or everyman protagonists.

Size:
8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches
619 pages
No Dust Jacket
Hardcover
Tan cloth cover with brown design
Copyright 1939, Tenth Printing
Published by The Viking Press

This book is in Used but in Good condition. The book has no rips or tears. The binding is completely intact but there is some minor pulling away on the last page. There is a previous owners name andaddress on the front flyleaf, a person's signature on the dedication page, and a previous owners name and address on the back flyleaf. The pages are foxed (yellowed) with age. The interior pages are clean with no marks.

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