Jun 19, 2014 - Sale 2355

Sale 2355 - Lot 218

Price Realized: $ 9,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,500 - $ 5,000
WEARING TWO JACKETS STEINBECK, JOHN. The Grapes of Wrath. 8vo, publisher's pictorial tan cloth, covers clean with virtually no rubbing or wear; first state dust jacket, 10mm closed tear to spine panel head, mild rubbing to portion of one fold along spine panel, bright and clean, a superb example with the original $2.75 price present; internally pristine, with front and end matter and all contents clean and unmarked. New York: Viking, (1939)
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first edition, an extremely attractive example in unrestored original jacket. A superior copy by any measure, this example also supplied with an additional First State dust jacket, in only slightly inferior condition, a little tanned, one tape repair on spine panel verso, and one short rectagular chip along spine panel not affecting lettering. Goldstone & Payne A12.a.