Books

First edition, in the correct first issue dust jacket. Book has the first issue points: 'and only moved because the heavy hands were pendula' on page 9, and page 88 has bullet between the 8s. Dust jacket also the correct first issue, with $2.00 price on the front flap (later jackets have edition statements on the front flap, unlike this first, which has no statement of printing; the later book club dust jackets lacked a price on the front flap). Former owner name boldly in ink on the front endpaper, spine of book tanned and faded. Dust jacket with many tears, tanning to spine, and a large chip.

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.