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1937réf. 79090NY: Covici Friede 1937. First edition first issue. 186 pp. Light offsetting and paperclip imprint to first leaf else near fine in very good plus dust jacket with tanned spine small chips to tips of flap folds and base and crown of spine and one short closed tear to front panel. NY: Covici Friede unknown
1937réf. 140946183New York: Covici Friede 1937. First Edition. First edition first printing. First issue of the text with "pendula" on page 9 and a bullet between the two 8's of the page number on page 88. 186 pp. Bound in publisher's cloth stamped in orange and black. Near Fine with a slight lean to binding light dampstain to front board with spot of rippling to bottom edge. Top edge faded with trivial scratching and light staining. Evidence of former owner bookplate removal to front pastedown hinge slightly over-opened at half-title page. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light toning to spine light staining and modest edge wear. A very bright copy. John Steinbeck's Western novella about the struggles of two itinerant farm workers George and Lennie in California during the Great Depression. One of only 2500 copies printed in the first issue. Covici Friede unknown
1942réf. 675New York: Modern Library 1942. Early Modern Library Printing. Hardcover. Fine in very good lightly chipped jacket with 95-cent price intact. Binding square & tight text clean & bright. 12mo. 5 x 7.25 in. xx 186 5 catalogue 1 blank pp. ML Binding Style 8 red cloth top edge blue with Kent torchbearer device with gold outline on upper Kent endpapers; in teal typographic dust jacket. Introduction by California literary critic JOSEPH HENRY JACKSON. A fresh copy of an early 1940's reprint originally published by Modern Library in 1938. Toledano 29.2. Modern Library hardcover
1937réf. 2306078New York: Covici-Friede 1937. First. hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fine first edition first issue "pendula" in a fine first issue dust jacket $2.00 price present on front flap with spine very slightly sunfaded but much less than usual. Housed in a custom-made slipcase. A brilliant unread copy. Covici-Friede unknown
1948réf. 33447Paris: Arts et metiers graphiques 1948. 1st Edition. Reynould Arnold. Reynould Arnold. 1st Edition. First Edition thus of 'Of Mice and Men. Fine in slipcase showing some light fading. 4to wrappers housed in the original folding case lightly rubbed and few scratches & Chemise fine. Translated by Maurice Coindreau. 37 excellent lithographs by Reynould Arnould. Some offsetting of lithographs to facing pages which is common. This is number 201 of 390 hand numbered copies. A beautifully illustrated story. Arts et metiers graphiques unknown
1977réf. 062940The Easton Press 1977. Full Leather. Fine. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Martin Fletcher. The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Series Very large sturdy book very heavy shiny quality dark brown leather an ornate gilt pattern to front and back raised spine very bright gilt lettering on spine all edges bright gilt shiny pink moire satin inside covers and adjacent end papers 165 heavy stiffer pages color and other drawings some graphic violence some full-page spreads. Near Very Fine. The Easton Press hardcover
1937réf. 230915-MB94The Modern Library Random House 1937. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket Introduction by Joseph Henry Jackson Early Modern Library edition. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The Modern Library (Random House) Hardcover
1937réf. 143012New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1937. First edition of Steinbeck's dramatization of his poignant novel. Octavo original cloth. Very good in a good first issue dust jacket with the publisher's price of $2.00 and loss to the crown of the spine. John Steinbeck began Of Mice and Men as a children’s story. “Although the finished novelette does not seem appropriate for children—that intention was obviously abandoned—the simplicity of its style and the clarity and precision of its imagery may well have been prompted by this original purpose… ” Benson 326. The result is “a sophisticated and artful rendering of the basic conflict between two worlds: between an idealized landscape and the real world with its pain and anguish” Literary History of the American West. "A thriller a gripping tale . . . that you will not set down until it is finished. Steinbeck has touched the quick" The New York Times. Covici Friede Publishers hardcover
1983réf. Q-055327824XBantam 1983-08-31. Mass Market Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Bantam paperback
réf. Q-0582461464Longman. hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Longman hardcover
réf. Q-1565117700HighBridge Audio. Audio CD. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! HighBridge Audio unknown
1937réf. 2327447New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1937. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 7x5x1. First book club edition matching points of second state correction to 'loosely' on page 9 no bullet on page 88 Saint Katy the Virgin appears in list of author's works opposite title page with original jacket lacking price and printing number on flap. Very good in good jacket. Jacket edges rubbed with minor loss from corners jacket toned jacket flap corners trimmed. Binding tight and square pages clean and unmarked. 1937 Hard Cover. 186 pp. One of Steinbeck's most famous novels written three years before he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Grapes of Wrath. "They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie a man of tremendous size has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family" clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields they hustle work when they can living a hand-to-mouth existence. For George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. When they land jobs on a ranch in the Salinas Valley the fulfillment of their dream seems to be within their grasp. But even George cannot guard Lennie from the provocations of a flirtatious woman nor predict the consequences of Lennie's unswerving obedience to the things George taught him. Covici Friede Publishers hardcover
1937réf. 15311USA: Covici-Friede 1937. A first edition first printing published by Covici-Friede in 1937. A near fine book a little browned to the edges of the boards. No inscriptions marks etc. The first issue with 'pendular' to page 9. In a near fine spine browned dust wrapper which is unclipped showing $2.00. A little rubbed to the edges and corners with a small crease to the rear panel of the dust wrapper. An attractive example in custom made solander box with silhouette mirroring the dust wrapper artwork to the front panel of the box Covici-Friede hardcover
1938réf. 017478New York: Modern Library. Stated Modern Library First Edition. Edge chipping to the dust jacket the front jacket flap is free. Old bookplate on the front end paper. P10 . Very Good. Flexible Boards. First Edition. 1938. Modern Library hardcover
1937réf. 541008New York: Covici Friede 1937. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition first issue. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. A beautiful copy of this poignant classic novella of two Depression-era drifters whose dreams of a better life are not supported by fate. By way of illustration of this volume's scarcity 2500 copies of the first issue were printed vs. 50000 for The Grapes of Wrath and 78000 for Cannery Row. Basis for the 1939 Lewis Milestone film with Burgess Meredith and Lon Chaney Jr. in the lead and which lost out to Gone With the Wind for the Best Picture Oscar in possibly Hollywood's greatest year other "losers" that year included The Grapes of Wrath Dark Victory Goodbye Mr. Chips The Wizard of Oz Ninotchka Stagecoach Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and Wuthering Heights. Probably the nicest copy we've seen. Covici Friede hardcover
réf. 0435270192.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1940réf. 15353London: William Heinemann Ltd 1940. Hardcover. Very Good bound in full cloth with a Good dust jacket. A few chips tears and creases to jacket fading to jacket color some repair to jacket from jacket interior appears to be acid-free tape repair. Small location and date penned to front end page. Foxing. No writing to text binding strong. Small 8vo 7 1/2"h x 5"w. Uncommon "Cheap Edition" in jacket. William Heinemann Ltd hardcover
1937réf. 7839New York: Covici-Friede 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket unclipped $2.00 generally toned and rubbed a few small chips and closed tears at the edges. Beige cloth toned at the edges and gutters with brown and black ink lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a blue top stain foxed at the top edge clean internally. The play adaptation of one of the Nobel Prize-winner's best works and a classic of American literature. Covici-Friede hardcover
1937réf. 187825London: William Heinemann Ltd 1937. First British edition and first printing. Hardcover. 164 pages. Along with "The Grapes of Wrath" this is one of Steinbeck's most beloved novels. An about very good in cloth boards with a small former owner signature to the front free endpaper and with splitting to both the front and rear hinges and in a fair dust jacket with a half inch chip missing from the top of the spine and some other chips and tears and some ill advised tape repairs to the verso. Seemingly fairly uncommon in this edition. William Heinemann Ltd unknown
1937réf. 556959New York City.: P.F. Collier & Son Corporation. 1937. Boards. 8vo. Corners bumped. Covers slightly worn. Endpaper yellowed. Pages sunned. Used. P.F. Collier & Son Corporation. hardcover
1970réf. 50335New York: Limited Editions Club 1970. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine condition. 1363/1500. Signed Fletcher Martin on limitation page. Original light brown half-leather over textured blue cloth in matching slipcase with reverse lettering in red label of spine. Light brown endpapers. Two color half-title. Title page with double-page illustration in color. Illustrated in color by Fletcher Martin. Minor wear with donation stamps on endpapers and half-titles. Library stamp on endpapers and half-title. Limited Editions Club hardcover
réf. 0606002006.Glibrary. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
1977réf. 2112040Collector's Edition. EASTON PRESS books are among the highest quality leather bound books ever produced. Bound in full genuine leather with hubbed spine accented with 22kt gold lettering and designs printed on archival paper acid neutral with gilded edges smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. Lustrous silk moire endpapers. A silk page marker is sewn into the binding. This book in pristine condition belongs to the One Hundred Greatest Books Ever Written series. Exlibris. Easton Press nameplate affixed. The Easton Press hardcover
1977réf. 3077introduction John t. Winterich. Steinbeck Nobel prize winner. Book unread.Full page color illustrations. Hubbed ribs on spine. Gold lettering for design and title author. Purple ribbon marker. Text unmarked. Spine tight. Easton Press hardcover
1977réf. 9028127Norwalk: Easton Press 1977. Hardcover. Fine. Fletcher Martin. The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. Introduced by John T. Winterich and illustrated by Fletcher Martin. Bound in publisher's original full dark brown genuine leather with gilt-stamped decorations on the spine and boards two raised bands all edges gilt and silk moire end papers. Easton Press hardcover