The Wayward Bus

John Steinbeck. First edition, first printing.

Dust Jacket: Very Good+ An unclipped jacket with original price $2.75 on inside flap. Jacket has a small piece missing on top/bottom of the spine as well as some chipping and fixing but fully intact. In mylar protective wrapper. Hardcover: Very Good+ New York: The Viking Press, 1947. Orange cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Otherwise, no writing or markings in the book, 312 pp. First edition points include published by the Viking Press in February 1947 on the copyright page. First issue dust jacket with book title and price listed at the top of the front flap.

This was Steinbeck's first novel in eight years. The book was the basis of a 1957 film starring Joan Collins and Jayne Mansfield.