Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition first printing of Malcolm: A Play adapted by Edward Albee in an unclipped dust jacket protected in a new archival wrap. Adapted from the novel by James Purdy. First Edition, stated
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, black cloth boards, strong title gilt on a straight spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and rounded corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with no marks, inscriptions, or any other signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright.
The dust jacket is in Very Good condition with $4.95 price on the front flap, very mild surface wear and heavy edge wear. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
Malcolm is the bizarre story of an innocent young man of ‘exceptional beauty’ who becomes involved in a series of comic and poignant adventures. Taken under the wing of a famous astrologer, an undertaker, a billionaire, a midget painter, a jazz queen, America’s foremost chanteuse, and a tattoo artist, among others, Malcolm is led endlessly from protector to protector in search of his missing father, until the journey itself becomes his undoing.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
