8vo. Original beige cloth stamped with line drawings in reddish-brown, a portion of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” printed in reddish-brown on endpapers; dust jacket with “first edition” statement printed on front flap corner (spine lightly toned and with faint horizontal crease near center, small hole to front flap fore-edge)

FIRST EDITION of Steinbeck’s National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning Depression-era novel that follows an Oklahoma tenant farming family, the Joads, as they are forced to leave their home and search for a better life in California. Considered one of the most influential novels of the 20th century, and is one of the most frequently challenged and censored books among public libraries (100 Banned Books, pp. 43-56). Goldstone & Payne A12a. A VERY BRIGHT COPY.