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John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men....
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Description
John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici Friede Publishers, [1937].8vo. Publisher's beige cloth stamped in black and terracotta, top edge stained blue; original illustrated dust jacket; clamshell.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with "and only moved because the heavy hands were pendula" and the bullet between the eights of the page numbers on p. 88. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO HIS SISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW on the front free endpaper: "For Beth and Gene / with love / John."
Condition: Some light soiling to cloth; light foxing to text block edges and endpapers. Dust jacket decoratively clipped as issue, retaining price (priced "$2.00"); pale spotting; mild edgewear and a few short tears.
References: Goldstone and Payne A7a.
Provenance: Beth and Gene Ainsworth (presentation inscription and bookplate of Elizabeth S. Ainsworth); Bonhams 18 February 2007, lot 311.
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2025 December 15 Rare Books Signature® Auction #6323 (go to Auction Home page)
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December, 2025
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