John Steinbeck / The Grapes of Wrath Signed 1st Edition 1941

Author: Steinbeck, John Title: The Grapes of Wrath Publication: New York: Modern Library, 1941 Edition: First Edition. Presentation copy inscribed by Steinbeck to playwright Moss Hart on the half-title page. Good in a Good jacket, unclipped (95 cents), generally rubbed and with multiple creases and tears. Red buckram, stained at the spine and boards, generally soiled. Square, bound with some reading wear and a worn dark top stain, clean internally. This copy bears a great inscription from Steinbeck to another of the 20th century's great authors: For Moss Hart/This book is touchingly/inscribed--/with pleasure and gratitude/for Lennie knows what. Though Steinbeck and Hart never collaborated, Steinbeck co-wrote the stage adaptation of Of Mice and Men with Hart's neighbor and long-time collaborator, George Kaufman.

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• Author: Steinbeck, John
• Publisher: Modern Library
• Year Printed: 1941
• Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Signed
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Literature & Fiction
• Original/Facsimile: Original

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