8vo. Original publisher's green cloth stamped in red and dark green (front hinge starting, a few leaves nearly sprung, very slight wear to extremities); original unclipped dust jacket (some slight chipping, a few short tears, spine panel toned). 

FIRST TRADE EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with ''bite'' on p. 281. FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET without reviews, the with the $4.50 price present. Elia Kazan's 1955 film of the same title was loosely based on the fourth and final part of Steinbeck's novel. Goldstone & Payne A32.b.