STEINBECK, JOHN. Of Mice and Men. 8vo, publisher's beige cloth, front cover and spine stamped in black and orange, lower third of spine darkened slightly; dust jacket, spine panel tanned with two short closed tears at head; several tape ghosts on front and rear flyleaves, small booklabel. first edition, first issue. First issue points include "pendula" on page 9, line 21, and a bullet between the numbers on page 88. Goldstone-Payne A7.a. New York: Covici-Freide, (1937)