8vo. Original beige cloth, pictorially stamped in dark brown (endpapers toned); in unrestored dust jacket (clipped not affecting price, very slight chipping with a few short tears, slight toning to upper edge); morocco-backed folding case.

FIRST EDITION, with "First Published in April 1939" with no subsequent printings on the copyright page. In the FIRST EDITION DUST JACKET with "$2.75" price and "FIRST EDITION" on front flap. Steinbeck was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1940 for this Depression-era novel, which traces the Joad family's journey from Oklahoma to California in search of a better life. Goldstone & Payne A12a. A BRIGHT COPY.