STEINBECK, John.

The Grapes of Wrath.

The Grapes of Wrath.

Stock Code 122380

London, William Heinemann, Ltd., 1939.

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An exceptionally rare proof copy of the first UK edition of The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck's Pulitzer-prize winning masterpiece.

First English edition, proof copy; 8vo (198 x 131 mm); bookplate to half-title verso, occasional light spotting internally; publisher's beige wrappers printed in black, adhesive-bound, pencil inscription to upper cover, spine with reading creases, spotting to edges, in the original dust jacket, folded to accommodate smaller proof format, a little rubbing to extremities and nicked at the head of spine, housed in a red morocco-backed box, spine lettered in gilt.

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