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FOURTH REPRINT OF FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 8vo. 5.5 x 8 inches. [vi] + 553 pp. Bound in original blue cloth, gilt, in in dust wrapper, which has loss at head and tail of spine. Extremities a little worn with small chips at head and tail of spine. Top edge darkened, but otherwise a very good copy. 1939 inscription on first free endpaper. Decorated by publisher's device on title page. An early reprint in the year of first US and UK publication, of John Steinbeck's masterpiece, The Grapes of Wrath, set in the Great Depression and Dust Bowl of Oklahoma.