Signed book: Of Mice and Men. First edition, with points of issue including "$2.00" on the front dust jacket flap, a bullet between the numerals on page 88, and "and only moved because the heavy hands were pendula" on page 9. NY: Covici Friede, 1937. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5 x 7.5, 186 pages. Signed on an off-white card affixed to the first free end page in blue ballpoint, "John Steinbeck." Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/VG, with some edge chips, creasing, and minor losses to dust jacket, spine darkened, and slight staining to a few opening pages. Accompanied by a custom-made clamshell case. Only 2,500 copies of the first issue of Of Mice and Men were printed; today, it ranks as one of the great American books of the 20th century.
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