Goodbye, Columbus (Inscribed first edition)

  • SIGNED
  • Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1959
By Roth, Philip
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1959. First edition. Fine/Near Fine. A Fine copy of Roth's first book, in a Near Fine dust jacket. Book is inscribed on the title page by the author, and dated in 2007. The dust jacket is just a bit toned on the spine and with a little bend at the crown. Otherwise a lovely example of this modern high spot. Housed in a custom grey slipcase with chemise.

Goodbye, Columbus compiles the titular novella and five other short stories exploring Jewish identity, military service, and middle-class American adolescence. Roth went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his 1997 novel American Pastoral, the first book in his American Trilogy (followed by I Married a Communist in 1998 and The Human Stain in 2000). Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.

Details

Title

Goodbye, Columbus (Inscribed first edition)

Author

Roth, Philip

Condition

Near Fine

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin: Boston

Date

1959

Edition

First edition


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