1st Edition with *2nd Issue* dust jacket - Viking (1947) VERY GOOD in a good Mylar protected dust jacket. Has all 2nd issue points: 122 pages long, *PUBLISHED BY THE VIKING PRESS IN DECEMBER 1947* stated on the copyright page with no references to later printings. The dust jacket has price of $2.00 on the upper corner of the front flap. Second state dust jacket has Steinbeck on the back panel dust jacket glancing right - away from the spine. No marks. Binding is tight and square. Gently read.