In original unclipped ($3.00) dust jacket. Original gray cloth with gilt-lettered spine. The basis for the acclaimed 1984 film starring Robert Redford and still the best-known of Malamud's works. A bright and attractive copy of the classic midcentury baseball fantasy, drawing on the American secular mythology of the game as well as the legend of the Fisher King and the quest for the Grail while the shooting of Roy Hobbs draws on a real historical incident involving a Philadelphia player. First printing of Malamud's debut novel, inscribed in the year of publication. Very good, large chip missing at bottom of spine.įirst edition (stated). Likely it was presented by Malamud to the teacher from the first copies Malamud received from Harcourt. There is one other red cloth copy on the market it is inscribed by Malamud and dated in the month of publication, July, 1952, to his high school English teacher, whom he credited with having a big influence on his writing. Also on the market is another copy with the red cloth covers which has an advance trial proof dust jacket, together with a letter from the publisher regarding the trial jacket. Also, the blue and gray bindings are made of paper, not cloth, as are the later printings, so are probably later bindings. The red cloth is most likely the first state, as the only advance review copy (with a review slip) on the market also has the red cloth covers. A very good first edition, first issue, in the very rare red cloth covers, not the common gray paper covers.
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