IN DUBIOUS BATTLE
New York: The Modern Library, 1939. Stated "First Modern LIbrary Edition";. Hardcover. Small octavo, 7.4 in . x 5 in., pp. 343. Gray cloth boards with gilt title on black panels, and gilt frame and publisher's emblem, tio front and spine. Gentle shelfwear to edges. Modern LIbrary icon on spine visible but rubbed. Unmarked interior. Light age-toning to leaves.
Covered in Modern Library dustjacket published between 1960 and 1963, with "$1.95" to front flap. Light wear at corners of dustjacket, with single small chip to dustjacket's upper spine end. Very Good / Very Good (later dj). Item #100784
First Modern Library edition, published same year Steinbeck published his Nobel Prize-earning novel, Grapes of Wrath.
Price: $55.00