STEINBECK, JOHN. Of Mice and Men. 8vo, publisher's beige cloth, front cover and spine stamped in black and orange, some ink spotting to board edges and spine tips; dust jacket, spine panel darkened, several cellotape repairs mending short closed tears on recto and verso, corners clipped; further ink transfer to bottom edge of terminal blanks. first edition, first issue with "pendula" on page 9, and a bullet between the numbers on page 88. Goldstone & Payne A7.a. New York: Covici-Friede, (1937)