Description
For sale: a rare and exceptional first hardcover edition, first printing of Portnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth.First Edition Second Printing in a new archival wrap. First Edition unstated, 1969 Random House. Second Printing, stated.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, straight spine, clean page blocks and lightly rounded corners. Previous owner’s last name only on ffep. Inside pages are very clean and very bright.
Very Good price-clipped dust jacket is bright and shiny, but has heavy edge wear, sunned spine, and chips and tears. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
The famous confession of Alexander Portnoy, who is thrust through life by his unappeasable sexuality, yet held back at the same time by the iron grip of his unforgettable childhood. Hilariously funny, boldly intimate, startlingly candid, Portnoy’s Complaint was an immediate bestseller upon its publication in 1969, and is perhaps Roth’s best-known book.
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