The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck

1939 - The Viking Press, New York - First Edition
‘They're a-workin' away at our spirits. They're a tryin' to make us cringe an' crawl like a whipped bitch. They tryin' to break us. Why, Jesus Christ, Ma, they comes a time when the on'y way a fella can keep his decency is by takin' a sock at a cop. They're workin' on our decency.’

A sharp bright and unrestored first edition of Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the Great Depression.

‘You got to have patience. Why, Tom, us people will go on livin' when all them people is gone. Why, Tom, we're the people that live. They ain't gonna wipe us out. Why, we're the people, we go on. 
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Price HK$ 80,000



To a God Unknown - John Steinbeck

1933 - Robert O. Ballou, New York - First Edition, First Issue
A superior first edition of Steinbeck’s scarcest work of which only 598 copies were printed, housed in a bespoke slipcase titled in gilt on morocco labels to spine and front.

While fulfilling his dead father's dream of creating a prosperous farm in California, Joseph Wayne comes to believe that a magnificent tree on the farm embodies his father's spirit. His brothers and their families share in Joseph's prosperity and the farm flourishes - until one brother, scared by Joseph's pagan belief, kills the tree and brings disease and famine on the farm.

Set in familiar Steinbeck country,
To A God Unknown is a mystical tale, exploring one man's attempt to control the forces of nature and to understand the ways of God. 
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Price HK$ 55,000