John Steinbeck – The Winter Of Our Discontent – First UK Edition 1961
£95.00
A first edition, first printing of The Winter of our Discontent, by John Steinbeck, published by Heinemann Ltd in 1961. A near fine copy in burgundy bound cloth boards with gilt title to the spine, blind stamped with Heinemann logo to rear panel, free from internal inscriptions, with slight pushing to the head and foot of the spine and to upper edge of front board and rear panel, mild browning to the text block and spotting to the top edge, with horizontal staining to fore-edge. A near fine, unclipped wrapper with very slight wear to the spine tips, pushing to the upper edge of front panel and pushing to the knuckles of the front and rear flap folds, some fading to the spine and mild handling wear to rear panel.
The Winter of our discontent is Steinbeck’s last novel and centres around the theme of the effects of societal pressure. Regarded as a classic, the novel led to Steinbeck being award the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. A television movie was made in 1983 staring Donald Sutherland in the title role.
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A first edition, first printing of The Winter of our Discontent, by John Steinbeck, published by Heinemann Ltd in 1961. A near fine copy in burgundy bound cloth boards with gilt title to the spine, blind stamped with Heinemann logo to rear panel, free from internal inscriptions, with slight pushing to the head and foot of the spine and to upper edge of front board and rear panel, mild browning to the text block and spotting to the top edge, with horizontal staining to fore-edge. A near fine, unclipped wrapper with very slight wear to the spine tips, pushing to the upper edge of front panel and pushing to the knuckles of the front and rear flap folds, some fading to the spine and mild handling wear to rear panel.
The Winter of our discontent is Steinbeck’s last novel and centres around the theme of the effects of societal pressure. Regarded as a classic, the novel led to Steinbeck being award the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. A television movie was made in 1983 staring Donald Sutherland in the title role.
