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New York: Covici-Friede, 1937. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. INSCRIBED by Steinbeck on the free endpaper. The previous owner, an English teacher at a junior college in Hollister in the 1940's, signed her own name in the upper corner above the inscription, and later amended it in pencil with her married name. A book club edition, with faint wear to the beige cloth covers, darkening to the spine, bumping and slight fraying to the extremities. Supplied jacket, now in mylar, with wear to corners, slight fading to spine, and loss to back panel (see photos). Slight toning with age throughout. 186pp. 7.5 x 5

Of Mice and Men is a novella written by John Steinbeck. Published in 1937, it narrates the story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers during the Great Depression in California.