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Picture of dust jacket where original $2.75 price is found for The Grapes of Wrath. It must have no other statements below it. Picture of the 1939 first edition dust jacket for The Grapes of Wrath.įirst printings have a single statement on the copyright page that says "FIRST PUBLISHED IN APRIL 1939". Other Time 100 Novels include Gone with the Wind and The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

This book is also one of Time Magazine's 100 Best Novels. The Grapes of Wrath won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The card notes: JOHN STEINBECK whose new novel, THE GRAPES OF WRATH is published by The Viking Press." This same photo painting reproduction was also utilized as the frontispiece portrait of John Steinbeck for NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE critic Lewis Gannett's publication JOHN STEINBECK: PERSONAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES, published in stapled wrappers by Viking Press also in 1939. It features the reproduction of a contemporary painting of the author by Stjernstrom. The advance issue was identical to the first trade edition with the exception that it was accompanied by a publisher's card which was produced on glossy heavy paper, and measures 8" tall by 5" wide. Also the Dust Jacket is unique to the first edition (it states "FIRST EDITION"), so it is less abundant than the book. But demand is high on this highly collectible book. The first printing was large - estimated between 20,000 and 50,000. Pages: 619 First printings have a single statement on the copyright page that says "FIRST PUBLISHED IN APRIL 1939" with no statement of subsequent printings. This primary source set include photographs, oral history, and documents that provide context for and different perspectives on the events described in the novel.First Edition Points and Criteria for The Grapes of Wrath The Grapes of Wrath won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and is considered an American classic. As part of his research, Steinbeck relied heavily on records from Tom Collins, director of Arvin Camp in California, photographs taken by Dorothea Lange, and interviews conducted by Sanora Babb, as well as his own journalistic writings on the migration. Published in 1939, it provided social commentary on the experience of real migrants struggling to survive in the historical moment in which it was written.

The novel explores themes of poverty, discrimination, social justice, and sacrifice. Along with thousands of other "Okies," they migrate along Route 66 to California in search of jobs and opportunities. Set during the Great Depression of the 1930s, John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath tells the story of the Joads, a family of tenant farmers driven from their Oklahoma home by the Dust Bowl and related financial hardship.