RAGTIME

Book Description

New York: Random House, (1975). First Edition. Wraps. Faint half circle stain from glass on the rear cover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof (5-3/8" x 9-7/8") in printed red wraps of this winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and basis for a motion picture and a Broadway musical. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Laid in is an interesting photocopied letter from the publisher to Random House sales representatiives. In part: "The Editorial Department asks that you destroy this galley after you've read it. Do Not pass it along to any of your buyers. Important editorial changes have been made in the manuscript , and we don't want this edition to go beyond in-house distribution." Scarce state of this important title.

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