STEINBECK, JOHN — The Moon Is Down

New York: The Viking Press, 1942. Hardcover. A possible book club edition of John Steinbeck's 1942 novel, set in a small coastal town in an unspecified country and occupied by an unnamed foreign army. Despite not being named, the setting is likely Norway, after their occupation by German Nazi troops during World War II. This work was reprinted and distributed, often clandestinely, in various occupied nations during the war, including France. --- Bound in full blue cloth-covered boards with titling & decorations in blind to cover, in silver to spine. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- With prior owner's signature, dated 1942, to front free endpaper, faint penciled notations to rear endpapers, slightly cocked spine and mild soiling to cloth, else a tightly-bound, well-preserved copy.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; 188 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .