A SIGNED US first edition, first impression - with a complete number string which includes the number 1.
Wrapper : The wrapper on this copy is very bright, is unfaded, and is complete. It is unclipped. Looks very sharp.
Book : The book is square and very tight. There are no previous ownership inscriptions. The boards are clean and unfaded, the corners sharp. There is a hint of light bruising to the spine ends. The pages and the closed page edges are clean and bright. The binding is tight - no cracked hinges. No remainder marks. This copy has been FLAT SIGNED to a tipped in page by Philip Roth. An attractive copy in a protected wrapper.
Condition : Near Fine ++ Jacket Condition : Fine
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin 2008
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