STEINBECK, JOHN — The Grapes of Wrath

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1983. Hardcover. A handsome reprint edition in brown leatherette of John Steinbeck's famous novel of the dust bowl and the Great Depression. Mr. Steinbeck was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1940 for this novel, and later was presented with the Nobel Prize in Literature. With 2 illustrations in sepia tones by Bob Crofut. --- In full brown leather-look cloth-covered boards with gilt decorations on covers & spine, three raised spine bands and titling gilt-stamped on spine. All edges gilt (AEG), and with colorful patterned paper endpapers. Lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- A bright, tightly-bound, unmarked, gift-worthy copy lacking obvious damages.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; [8], 424, [2] pages. Fine with no dust jacket .