Fine Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
Thu, Feb 16, 2023 12:00PM EST
Lot 416
STEINBECK, John (1902–1968). The Grapes of Wrath. New York:...
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
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STEINBECK, John (1902?1968).?The Grapes of Wrath.?New York: The Viking Press, 1939. 8vo. Original tan cloth lettered in blue within blue ruled border, top edge blue (spine faintly sunned); slipcase. Provenance: Maurice Lipian (two rubberstamps to internal blank ?noted Feb 10 1946?). SALESMAN?S ADVANCE DUMMY COPY, consisting of half?title, title?page, dedication, second half?title, and 8pp. of text with the remainder left blank (two blanks with an unknown penned and penciled list of authors and their work). Several parts of the advance copy vary from the final published edition including the color of cloth and top edge, typeface of titles, additions on title?page and omissions on copyright. RARE: not mentioned in Goldstone and Payne.
