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Lot 136

STEINBECK, John (1902–1968). In Dubious Battle. New York: C...

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STEINBECK, John (1902?1968). In Dubious Battle. New York: Covici?Friede, [1936]. FIRST TRADE EDITION. Steinbeck?s novel about striking migrant apple pickers ?accomplishes in a strike novel what no writer has been able to accomplish before him: he dramatizes scenes from the front-line trenches of economic warfare in the essential terms of humanity? (jacket blurb). It was the basis for the 2016 film of the same name starring James Franco who also directed. Goldstone & Payne A5b.