Lot 175
1937 Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck w/ Dust Jacket FIRST EDITION


1937 Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck w/ Dust Jacket FIRST EDITION
Current Bid: $250
(1 Bid)Published by Covici Friede, New York, 1937. First edition, second state with "loosely" on p. 9, second to last line. First issue dust jacket.. Steinbeck's first "play novelette", an experimental literary form intended to be both a novella and a script for a play. Staged in Broadway on 23 November 1937, the story won the Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play. Based on Steinbeck's experience working with migrant farm workers in the 1910s, the novella is titled after a line in Robert Burns's poem "To a Mouse". The book was "one of the first in a long line of 'experiments', a word he often used to identify a forthcoming project. [It] is a tightly drafted study of bindle stiffs whose dreams he intended to represent the universal longings for a home, 'the earth longings of a Lennie who was not to represent insanity at all but the inarticulate and powerful yearning of all men', he wrote his agent. Both the text and the critically acclaimed 1937 Broadway play. made Steinbeck a household name, assuring his popularity and, for some, his infamy. (The book's language shocked many, and it is still listed with frequency on lists of "objectionable reading" or "banned books" for secondary school students)" (ANB). Please ask specific questions on details, condition, and shipping prior to bidding, ALL ITEMS ARE SOLD AS IS, and the bidder will be responsible for payment. We box and ship what we can to keep costs low, and use USPS and UPS. Large items, extremely fragile, and high value items will be packed by UPS. Quotes available on request
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Dimensions:
- 5.25" x 7.5" Condition:
- Very Good - Excellent Condition with no missing or torn pages.
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