In Dubious Battle
by Steinbeck, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: Covici Friede Inc.. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Orange/yellow cloth lined in red, titled in black; slightly faded red topstain. First edition. Board corners mildly frayed. Backstrip a bit softened. Page following full title page has a tear along gutter, from the top nearly halfway down. Pages lightly toned, with a very occasional faint spot. The DJ in mylar with $2.50 flap price intact has a darkened spine and professional restoration. Publisher's book release pamphlet laid in. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Synopsis
In Dubious Battle is a novel by John Steinbeck, written in 1936. The central figure of the story is an activist for "the Party" (the American Communist Party, although it is never specifically named in the novel) who is organizing a major strike by the workers, seeking thus to attract followers to his cause. In Steinbeck's obituary, the New York Times said that "Although the writer's sympathies were clearly with the strikers...
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23980
- Title
- In Dubious Battle
- Author
- Steinbeck, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Covici Friede Inc.
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1936
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- Title Page
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- Jacket
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- Good+
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.