Published by Grossman Publishers, New York, NY, 1964
Seller: Black Cat Books, Shelter Island, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Signed by author with small drawings on half title page. Some shelf wear, otherwise good. Signed by Author(s).
ROSSKAM, Edwin. THE ALIEN. NY: Grossman Publishers, 1964. 8vo., cloth in dust jacket. First Editon. Signed presentation from Rosskam on the half-title-page: "For Peter and Ida, with my greatest affection. Their friend, Ed Rosskam. Oct. 1964." Very good; spine browned (small chips & tears) d/j. $50.00.
Published by Grossman Publishers, New York, 1964
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. Octavo (23cm). Black cloth boards, lettered in blue, gray and red; original Seymour Chwast dustjacket; 209pp. The dedication copy, inscribed on dedication page, below the printed dedication to Ben and Bernarda, "with all my friendship / Ed." A fine copy in slightly worn and spine-darkened jacket. Rosskam's first and only novel, of an American intellectual in Puerto Rico, inspired by the life of Rosskam and the Shahns' mutual friend and FSA colleague Jack Delano. Rosskam and his wife Louise, Ben and Bernarda Shahn all worked together in the photography section of the Farm Security Administration, and later in the Office of War Information, where they produced some of the most memorable images during what has become known as the "Golden Age" of documentary photography. Signed.