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New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1937. Full Description: STEINBECK, John. Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici Friede, [1937]. First edition, first issue, with lines 20 and 21 on p. 9 reading “and only moved because the heavy hands were pendula” and with a bullet between the eights of the page numbers on p. 88. Small octavo (7 3/8 x 4 3/4 inches; 187 x 121 mm). [1]-186, [6, blank] pp. Original full beige cloth stamped in terra cotta and black on front cover and spine. Top edge light blue. In the original dust jacket. Some light rubbing and darkening to jacket spine. Glue residue to inside of front flap and outside of back flap. A bit of chipping to extremities of jacket and two small closed tears to top edge of front panel. Overall a very good to fine copy. This novella, one of Steinbeck’s most famous works, concerns the friendship of two migrant workers during the depression: the intelligent and caring George Milton, and the semi-retarded giant, Lennie Small. This…

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.