In Dubious Battle
New York: Covici-Friede, 1936.
Limited first edition, Printer's Copy B to match the numbered edition of 99 copies. Signed by John Steinbeck on the limitation page at rear. 349 pp. Bound in publisher's beige and black cloth with gilt lettering to spine, red topstain. Fine with very slight lean to spine, dust-soiling to upper edge of textblock. In a somewhat rubbed original black paper-covered slipcase, paper title label to spine. Housed in a custom oatmeal cloth clamshell case with a gilt-lettered black morocco title label to spine. Goldstone-Payne A5.a. A very rare copy of an edition scarce to begin with. Just 99 numbered and signed copies of Steinbeck's famous strike novel were published simultaneously with the first trade edition in 1936; this copy is signed but not numbered, and an ink inscription below the signature states: "Printer's Copy B." The number of lettered copies is unknown.
Price: $17,500