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New York (1936): Covici, Friede Publishers. Third Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. The Printer's copy, with pencilled instructions on front free end paper regarding changes to be made for the Sun Dial Press edition. Publisher's blue cloth, spine gilt, 269 pages, dust jacket with author of "Of Mice and Men" on front panel. The directions for cloth binding, paper, ink and revised dust jacket and wrapper band. Title page with "Covici Friede" pencilled out, and "The Sun Dial Press" added, in pencil; note on verso "OK as is 11/14/39."

Cup of Gold is John Steinbeck's first novel, a work of historical fiction based on the life of the infamous pirate Henry Morgan and his quest for the fabled treasures of Panama.