[4], 33, [3] pp. Introduction by John D. Barry. Illustrated from photographs by Dorothea Lange. 22.6x15 cm. (9x6"), pictorial saddle stitched wrappers. First Edition, Third printing.

Signed near the year of publication by Steinbeck on the title page. Signed copies of this publication are extremely scarce. Only one copy signed by Steinbeck has been offered at auction in the past 30 years. A non-fiction account of the California migrant farmer, which precedes and is a precursor for "The Grapes of Wrath." Includes the photographs of Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), whose photographs are synonymous with the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl Era. See Goldstone-Payne A10.a.