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Title: The Grapes of Wrath - One of 10 copies specially bound at the request of John Steinbeck Author: Steinbeck, John Place: New York Publisher: Viking Date: [1939] Description: (8vo), three-quarter blue morocco and tan cloth, brown morocco label on spine, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Fifth Printing. This is one of only 10 copies, issued without dust jacket, ordered specially bound in by Steinbeck himself for use as a fund-raiser for the John Steinbeck Committee which had been formed by Helen Gahagen Douglas and other Hollywood celebrities to raise money for migrant farm workers. Each copy includes a tipped in sheet that states "This Book Is One Of Ten Bound Especially At The Request Of John Steinbeck For Presentation To...," the books were to be auctioned off at fund-raisers at which time Steinbeck would fill in the name of the recipient and then sign his own name, this copy carries no recipient's name and lacks Steinbeck's signature, it is likely that it was an unsold copy. Lot Amendments Condition: Minor extremity wear, some flaking to the spine label, else fine. Item number: 240953