8vo. Original lime green cloth lettered in green, spine lettered black on a brown background; price-clipped dust jacket (some surface scuffs to a small area of the rear panel).

FIRST TRADE EDITION with the word "bite" in place of "bight" on p. 281, line 38. East of Eden was a great success upon its initial publication in September 1952, with Steinbeck writing to a friend that he was "getting flocks of letters... People write as though it were their book." It was later adapted into the 1955 film of the same name starring James Dean and directed by Elia Kazan. Goldstone & Payne A32b. A VERY BRIGHT COPY.