The John Steinbeck Collection

Description

The Library of America presents its authoritative four-volume edition of an American master in deluxe collector’s boxed set.

Includes The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mine and Men, East of Eden, and 15 other classic Steinbeck books.

Here for the first time is Library of America’s authoritative four-volume John Steinbeck edition in deluxe collector’s boxed set. 18 complete works in all:

Novels & Stories 1932-1937
The Pastures of Heaven – To a God Unknown – Tortilla Flat – In Dubious Battle – Of Mice and Men

The Grapes of Wrath & Other Writings 1936-1941
The Grapes of Wrath – The Long Valley – The Log from the Sea of Cortez – The Harvest Gypsies

Novels 1942-1952
The Moon Is Down – Cannery Row – The Pearl – East of Eden

Travels with Charley & Later Novels 1947-1962
The Wayward Bus – Burning Bright – Sweet Thursday – The Winter of Our Discontent – Travels with Charley in Search of America

Each cloth hardcover volume comes complete with helpful annotation, detailed textual essays, and a chronology of Steinbeck’s remarkable life and career.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Contributors: John Steinbeck,Robert Demott (Editor),Brian Railsback (Editor)
Published: 03/17/2026
Publisher: Library of America
ISBN: 9781598538489
Weight: 6.15lbs
Size: 5.36″ H x 8.44″ L x 5.36″ W

About the Author
The editors of the Library of America Steinbeck edition are Robert DeMott, Brian Railsback, and Elaine A. Steinbeck (1914-2003). Robert DeMott is the Edwin and Ruth Kennedy Distinguished Professor at Ohio University and the author of Steinbeck’s Typewriter, an award-winning book of critical essays. Brian Railsback is dean of the Honors College at Western Carolina University and the author of Parallel Expeditions: Charles Darwin and the Art of John Steinbeck. Elaine A. Steinbeck, co-editor of Steinbeck: A Life in Letters, was married to John Steinbeck from 1950 until his death in 1968.