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

First edition, first issue, of Steinbeck’s tragic novella. 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. This copy without top edge stained blue but with all other textual points called for by Goldstone & Payne. Goldstone & Payne A7a.

Octavo. Original beige cloth; pictorial dust jacket (spine panel a bit browned, short closed tear to top edge); custom box.
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