Of Mice and Men

Lot 407
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Lot 407 | Of Mice and Men
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STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici Friede, 1937.

Presentation copy of the first edition, first issue, inscribed by Steinbeck in the year of publication. The story of two friends, California migrant workers George Milton and Lennie Small during the Great Depression, and their dream of owning a farm of their own. Of Mice and Men holds a spot in the American Library Association’s list of The Most Challenged Books of the 21st Century. With all first printing points called for by Goldstone & Payne. Goldstone & Payne A7a.

Octavo. Original beige cloth with lettered design in orange and black on front cover and spine, pale blue top edges (light mark on back cover); original price-clipped pictorial dust-jacket (faintly tanned and rubbed, a few repairs on verso). Provenance: Laura Alton (inscribed ‘For Laura Alton / John Steinbeck ’37’).
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