JOHN STEINBECK SIGNS A BEAUTIFUL COPY OF HIS ICONIC ‘OF MICE AND MEN
John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici-Friede Publishers, [1937]. First edition, third printing. Presentation copy. Inscribed by Steinbeck on the front free endpaper: “For Harriet Green/John Steinbeck”. Octavo. 186, [6, blank] pages. Publisher’s full light brown cloth, front board and spine stamped in black and orange; fourth printing dust jacket. Overall, a very good copy. Goldstone and Payne A7b (about the second printing).
Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition, third printing. Signed by John Steinbeck on the front free endpaper and inscribed to a former owner. Near Fine with contents lightly tanned. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light toning to spine, minor edge wear with several short closed tears. A scarce signed edition of John Steinbeck’s Western novella about the struggles of two itinerant farm workers, George and Lennie, in California during the Great Depression. There were only 2,500 copies printed in the first issue.