The Magic Barrel
first edition hardcover
1958 · Philadelphia
by MALAMUD, Bernard
Philadelphia: Jewish publication Society, 1958. First. hardcover. fine/good. 8vo, cloth backed boards, d.w. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, (1958). First Edition. The Milton Glaser dust wrapper is browned on the spine & edges, but not price-clipped. This edition preceded the Farrar Straus Cudahy edition by a few days. It is Malamud's first collection of short stories, and the winner of the National Book Award (Inventory #: 286955)