Ragtime

New York: Random House, 1975. First edition, special edition prepared for presentation to the friends of the author and the publisher. 270 pp. 8vo. Linen cloth covered boards with gilt stamped spine and ELD stamped on cover (as in regular edition, as opposed to facsimile signature printed on cover of signed, limited edition, this issue also not have a top stain, which is tan in the trade issue and grey in the limited). Near fine in original mylar wrapper with some markings. First edition, special edition prepared for presentation to the friends of the author and the publisher. 270 pp. 8vo. From the collection of the publishing couple Selma Shapiro and (truncated) Jim Silberman, who met working at Random House, where he was an editor and she was vice president of publicity. Doctorow's breakthrough novel that was the basis for both the 1981 film and a later Broadway musical.

Scarce in this edition. (Inventory #: 367842)