The Breast [Signed]

Roth, Philip

ISBN 10: 0030037166 / ISBN 13: 9780030037160

Published by Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York, 1972

Floridly SIGNED in full by author Philip Roth in black marker on half-title page. FIRST EDITION stated on copyright page. From inner flap: "The story of the man who turned into a female breast". Printed in the USA. Bound in original maroon cloth with bright gilt lettering to front board & spine, top edge of book block stained red as issued, in publisher's unclipped printed dustjacket (with original published price of "$4.95" on upper inner flap & "0972" on lower inner flap). Small closed tears & slight edgewear with light creasing to upper edge of dustjacket, otherwise a very nice clean tight solid hardcover copy. The dustjacket is now protected in a removable clear Bro-dart cover. 78pp. Scarce signed copy. RARE. Seller Inventory # 001418

Synopsis:

NY 1972 1st (stated) Holt Rinehart. Octavo, hardcover. octavo. Fine in Near Fine DJ.

From the Back Cover: "A radical, complex, and moving book...the best example yet of Roth's astonishing prowess when he is at the top of his talent and control." —Ted Solotaroff, Esquire

"A new shock world of sensual possibility.... Need one say again that Roth is an admirable novelist who never steps twice into the same river?" —Anthony Burgess

"The Breast is terrific...inventive and sane and very funny. The trick which is the heart of the book is brilliant...and rich with meaning." —John Gardner, The New York TImes Book Review

"Hilarious, serious, visionary, logical, sexual-philosophical; the ending amazes—the joke takes three steps beyond savagery and satire and turns into a sublimeness of pity. One knows when one is reading something that will permanently enter the culture." —Cynthia Ozick

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Breast [Signed]
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York
Publication Date: 1972
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First Edition