NMLP P-016334 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck · Covici-Friede · 1937

US Covici-Friede is the true first; UK Heinemann is later. The recognized first-issue point is the broken/cropped type on p.9 ('pendula') and the absence of the second-issue correction.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-016334 for "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-016334, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).