Steinbeck (John), in Dubious Battle, first trade edition, John Steinbeck, in Dubious Battle (Covici Friede, New York, 1936), first trade edition, octavo, in the publisher's red-ruled and black-lettered orange cloth with dust-jacket, including a loosely inserted card signed by the author in black ink 'John Steinbeck', housed in a custom-made clam-shell box in gilt lettered black simulated leather