STEINBECK, John (1902?1968). Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici Friede, [1937]. 8vo. Original publisher?s beige cloth stamped in black and orange (a spot of fraying on top edge of lower panel; original unclipped dust jacket (spine gently sunned). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with the words ?and only moved because the heavy hands were pendula? on p. 9; and the bullet between the eights of the page numbers on p. 88. INSCRIBED BY STEINBECK IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION: ?For Walter P. Bunson / John Steinbeck ?37?. ?As a young man, Steinbeck worked on ranches in the small towns around Salinas, absorbing local color later applied to the Soledad, California setting of this novel, originally entitled Something That Happened? (John Steinbeck: A Guide to the Collection of the Salinas Public Library, 24). A HANDSOME COPY. Goldstone & Payne A7a.