Of Mice and Men.
by STEINBECK, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Bookplate on pastedown; same owner's 1937 ink ownership notation on front free endpaper. A fine copy in a beautiful example
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Of Mice and Men is a novella written by Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Published in 1937, it tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers during the Great Depression in California. An intimate portrait of two men who cherish the slim bond between them and the dream they share in a world marred by petty tyranny, misunderstanding, jealousy, and callousness. Clinging to each other in their loneliness and alienation, George and his simple-minded friend Lennie dream, as drifters will, of a place to call their own—a couple of acres and a few pigs, chickens, and rabbits back in Hill Country where land is cheap. But after they come to work on a ranch in the fertile Salinas Valley of California, their hopes, like "the best-laid schemes o' mice an' men," begin to go awry. Of Mice and Men explores themes of human interaction, dependence, and the damaging effects of isolation. (Goodreads)
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This is the greatest, most heartwarming book i have ever read!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 73772
- Title
- Of Mice and Men.
- Author
- STEINBECK, John
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's cloth in dust jacket.
- Book Condition
- Used - Bookplate on pastedown; same owner's 1937 ink ownership notation on front free endpaper. A fine copy in a beautiful example
- Edition
- First edition, first state.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Covici Friede,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- [1937].
- Pages
- 186 pp.
- Size
- 8vo,
Terms of Sale
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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