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Lot 551

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]. 8vo. Original yellowish?orange cloth stamped in red, red top edge; original price?clipped dust jacket (some light edge chipping, spine panel very gently toned, small stain near front joint). 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). Goldstone & Payne A5b.