Description
1959 Riverside Press. First Edition. Second Printing, stated. VG+ hardcover with VG- dust jacket. Boards are clean and bright with no spine tilt, mild edge wear and lightly rubbed/rounded corners. Top page block is lightly smudged, but the others are clean. Previous owners names on FEP. No other marks or inscriptions inside. Pages are very clean and bright. Also includes five Roth short stories: “The Conversion of the Jews,” “Defender of the Faith,” “Epstein,” “You Can’t Tell a Man by the Song He Sings,” and “Eli, the Fanatic.” Dust jacket is not price cut, with heavy edge wear, chips, and gaps. Photo of author on back and front cover graphic are unmarked. Looks great in new archival sleeve. Ships promptly in corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
