John Steinbeck. First edition, second state. New York: The Viking Press, 1942. The price-clipped dust jacket, in a mylar wrapper, is in Very Good+ condition. The jacket illustration is by Frank Leiberman. Hardcover is in Very Good+ This is a second state edition, it does not have the printing error on page 112 (line 11) with the period between talk and this. No writing or markings found in the book, 188 pp. Has an ex-Libris bookplate on inside cover.
Steinbeck's novel is a tale of resistance written in the early days of America's participation in World War II, adapted into a play and a film. The Moon is Down marked the beginning of John Steinbeck's involvement in the US war machine; the year after its publication, he took a position as a war correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune, and he wrote several works about US soldiers.
