The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, published by The Viking Press, New York. Copyright 1939. This is the tenth printing of the first edition, dated November 1939 — the same year as the original April 1939 first printing. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1940 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962, The Grapes of Wrath is one of the defining works of American literature. The book features the distinctive illustrated oatmeal cloth boards and the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" sheet music endpapers, both hallmarks of the original Viking Press first edition format. A collectible piece of American literary history.