"Text copyright 1933, 1937, 1938. Copyright renewed 1961, 1965, 1966 by John Steinbeck. Illustrations copyright 1945 by The Viking Press, Inc. Illustrated edition first published in 1945. Reissued in 1959 by The Viking Press, Inc. Published simultaneously in Canada by The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited. Printed in U.S.A. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 45-8597. SBN 670-59184-X." [from book]