STEINBECK, JOHN. 1902-1968. Of Mice and Men. A Play in 3 Acts. New York Covici Friede, 1937.

The Library of David Lloyd, Part ISTEINBECK, JOHN. 1902-1968.
Of Mice and Men. A Play in 3 Acts. New York: Covici Friede, 1937. 8vo. Publisher's beige cloth printed in red and black, dust jacket printed in blue and grey, custom cloth slipcase. Browning and spotting to cloth, heavy browning to endpapers, clipped newspaper review loosely inserted at pp 50-51 with some offsetting, scattered spotting throughout, jacket toned, stains to spine and back panels, light rubbing and creasing to edges.FIRST EDITION, THE TOBY STREET COPY, second issue (without stained top edge), SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY STEINBECK to Toby Street on the front free endpaper: "For Toby, who could write a hell of a lot better play than this if he wanted — the rat — John Steinbeck." Webster "Toby" Street was Steinbeck's roommate at Stanford, and one of his circle of Monterey friends, along with Ed Ricketts. Goldstone & Payne A8a.