Of Mice and Men

First Edition, First Printing, First State. Very Good condition in Good condition dust jacket. Tan cloth covered boards with black and orange. In original dust jacket which retains $2.00 price. Includes all first state issue points: the bullet between the 8's on page 88 which was removed in all later printings, the nine words to bottom of page 9 which read 'and only moved because the heavy hands were pendula' (these nine words were removed in later printings), the top edge of book block is stained light blue, as issued (later issues were unstained), this copy printed by J.J. Little & Ives Co. (later issues were printed by Haddon Craftsmen) and 'St. Katy the Virgin' is not listed in the titles 'Also by John Steinbeck' opposite title page (it was missed and added later).