STEINBECK, JOHN. Of Mice and Men, New York: Covici-Friede [1937]. 8vo, original cloth, front endpaper lightly discolored from clipping once laid in, pictorial dust jacket (spine faded, small stain on rear panel from scotch tape repair on verso), half morocco slipcase. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author on front free endpaper to the founding editor of The New Yorker magazine: "For Harold Ross John Steinbeck." Goldstone & Payne A7a.