STEINBECK, John. The Grapes of Wrath. New York, [1939]. 8o. Original beige cloth with brown line-drawing, illustrated end papers depicting sheet music to Battle Hymn of the Republic, top edge stained yellow (minor bump at lower edge of upper cover). Pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Elmer Hader (light rubbing to lower edge of lower cover and minor creases to edges of fold-ins); cloth case. FIRST EDITION. Goldstone & Payne A12a.