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STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). In Dubious Battle. New York: Covici-Friede, 1936.
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STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). In Dubious Battle. New York: Covici-Friede, 1936.
A presentation copy of the first edition, inscribed to one of Steinbeck’s closest friends: "For Dook / with affection." Carleton "Dook" Sheffield was a classmate of Steinbeck’s at Stanford, and their intense friendship lasted for decades before falling apart due to the stresses of celebrity. Set in California, Steinbeck’s tale of striking migrant apple pickers “accomplishes in a strike novel what no writer has been able to accomplish before him: he dramatizes scenes from the front-line trenches of economic warfare in the essential terms of humanity” (jacket). Goldstone-Payne A5b.
Octavo (204 x 134mm). Original orange cloth (front hinge tender, lightly dampstained); dust jacket (chipped creases at head and tail of spine and a few small closed tears); in slipcase. Provenance: Carleton “Dook” Sheffield (author; inscription and bookplate).
A presentation copy of the first edition, inscribed to one of Steinbeck’s closest friends: "For Dook / with affection." Carleton "Dook" Sheffield was a classmate of Steinbeck’s at Stanford, and their intense friendship lasted for decades before falling apart due to the stresses of celebrity. Set in California, Steinbeck’s tale of striking migrant apple pickers “accomplishes in a strike novel what no writer has been able to accomplish before him: he dramatizes scenes from the front-line trenches of economic warfare in the essential terms of humanity” (jacket). Goldstone-Payne A5b.
Octavo (204 x 134mm). Original orange cloth (front hinge tender, lightly dampstained); dust jacket (chipped creases at head and tail of spine and a few small closed tears); in slipcase. Provenance: Carleton “Dook” Sheffield (author; inscription and bookplate).