First edition, first printing, in a fantastic first issue dust jacket New York: The Viking Press, 1947. A superlative copy of the first edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's brown cloth decoratively stamped in black with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with faint tape ghosts to front and rear free endpapers. In a Near Fine first issue dust jacket with Steinbeck's portrait facing toward the spine; a vibrant example, unclipped, with light rubbing at the extremities, light soiling to the rear panel and light tanning. . Author: Steinbeck, John,Signed: No,Publisher: The Viking Press,Year Printed: 1947,Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket,Binding: Hardcover,Language: English,Original/Facsimile: Original,Country of Origin: United States