Of Mice and Men by Steinbeck, John - 1937

New York: Covici-Friede. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. First Issue with "pendula" on page 9, line 21, and a dot between the 8's on page 88. Those errors were corrected in the second issue. Dust Jacket is also the first issue and it retains its original price of $2.00. Dust jacket protected in Mylar. Book's spine is slightly slanted, boards slightly bowed. Very gently bumped at both ends of spine and all corners. Covers bright. No previous owner marks. Hinges sound with no cracks. First issue dust jacket is good only. Missing piece from tail of DJ spine (roughly 1"x1"). Smaller missing pieces from head of spine and top edge of the back panel. Smaller missing pieces to both corners of the DJ's front panel. Dust jacket spine age tanned as usual. One of the author's early California novels, which tells the story of two migrant workers during the Great Depression. This was Steinbeck's first attempt at writing in the form of novel-play. Structured in three acts of two chapters each, the author intended it to be both a novella and a script for a play-a novel that could be played from its lines, or a play that could be read like a novel. The story has been adapted several times for movies and stage plays. Ships same or next business day well protected in a box. .