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Published by Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1960
Seller: Tulsa Books, Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Kosinski's first book, a nonfiction account of life in Russia during the Cold War. Very good+ in a very good+ dust jacket. Almost invisible dampstain at the bottom of the page block. The jacket has minor edgewear, and the red lettering on the spine is a little sun faded. Introduction by Irving R. Levine; 286 pages. $3.95 price on jacket flap; no names or other marking in or on the book.
Published by New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., (1964)., 1964
Seller: Alexanderplatz Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First paperback edition of Kosinski's first book (other than two works in Polish), and the first of two under the Novak pseudonym. Very good, solid copy, spine not cracked or creased. Inscribed by Kosinski on the first page. He first signed his name as Joseph Novak, drew beneath it what looks like a caricature of a bird (an allusion to The Painted Bird, perhaps), and then wrote the following over the rest of the page: "For Americe (?), with warmest regards, sincerely, Jerzy Kosinski Fall of 1987." This paperback edition is uncommon. Kosinski's reputation as a writer and his personal reputation as well came under a cloud in the years before his suicide in 1991. It is interesting that, in maligning him, his critics did not address the composition of the two Novak books, which only he, based as they were on his own experiences, could have written, and which are extremely effective pieces of writing. Introduction by Irving R. Levine. Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1960
Seller: Time Tested Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition stated. Date on title page. Near fine, if not near fine plus or fine hardback in near fine, if not near fine plus dust jacket (T.F.I.O.: C.W.T.R. $3.95). Dust jacket has a 5/16 inch by 1/4 inch chip to top edge of front panel and trivial, if not barely noticeable fading to spine. Only trivial additional signs of age/wear/previous use to book and dust jacket.
Published by Doubleday Inc., New York., 1960
Seller: Somewhere In Time Books, St. James, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition , first printing , NY , 1960. A near fine bright book in the original binding. Clean with contents excellent. In a near fine dust jacket with no chipping and only slight age toning otherwise very attractive. Published under the Author's Pseudonym this is a work by Jerzy Kosinski. Scarce early work by the Author.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Clean reddish-brown cloth with black title on spine. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover has a few small closed edge tears. Text tight, clean & intact. An authentic picture of the workings of the Soviet system. A lengthy inscription by the author dated January 11, 1962. Soviet Union; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 359 pages; Signed by Author.