The Grapes of Wrath. By John Steinbeck. Limited Edition. Franklin Library. Franklin Center, retailer 1983.

The Grapes of Wrath. By John Steinbeck. Limited Edition. Franklin Library. Franklin Center, 1983.

John Steinbeck is a titan of American literature. His career saw dozens of book-length publications, dozens of bestsellers, a Pulitzer Prize and a Nobel Prize. Of his many literary achievements, none are as widely canonized as The Grapes of Wrath. It is consistently ranked one of the best novels ever written. The work captures the essential struggles of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl through its depiction of the Joads family who leave Oklahoma for California, hoping for a better future. The novel secured Steinbeck's place in American literary history, winning him the Pulitzer Prize in 1939.

This limited edition is in fine condition. Part retailer of the “Pulitzer Prize Classics” series. In the original full brown leather, fine with 22k gilt stamped boards and spine. Brown silk bookmark sewn in. Raised bands. Gilt edges. Altogether fine.

A fine leatherbound copy of The Grapes of Wrath.