John Steinbeck — The Wayward Bus

New York, The Viking Press, 1947 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of Steinbeck's novel exploring human nature, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. Bound in the publisher's cloth with the bus imprint to the front cover, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper, priced at $2.75.Written by Nobel Prize-winning American author John Steinbeck, known for his highly influential and popular novels, particularly 'The Grapes of Wrath' and 'Of Mice and Men&apos. This novel tells the story of married couple Juan and Alice, who work and live in California's Salinas Valley, a popular setting of Steinbeck novels. Both characters, as well as the other characters they encounter in the novel, are deeply flawed, and Steinbeck spends the majority of the book exploring these flaws as well as the transitory nature of humanity. This novel was adapted into a black-and-white film in 1957 starring Jayne Mansfield, Joan Collins, Dan Dailey, and Rick Jason.Pencil inscription of H. A. Mason, the lecturer and literary critic. Bound in the publisher's cloth, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with minor bumping and a touch of rubbing to the extremities. Small bump to rear board. A few handling marks to fore edge. Dust wrapper is sound, with chipping to the extremities, causing loss to the spine head and tail. Rubbing to joints and flyleaf creases, with the odd mark. Worming holes to the wrap extremities and the backstrip tail. Internally, firmly bound with very bright and clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Good.