Speedboat
Random House, 1976. 8vo, quarter black cloth over grey paper boards, silver titles, 178pp. First Edition. Unclipped dust jacket (7.95) with short closed tear to front panel, moderate rubbing and toning to panels, crease at front flap edge. Ownership signature, toning to front endpaper, small damp stain and discoloration present to lower edge of text block and lower board edges. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. The celebrated debut novel by the New York film critic and fiction writer, the story of a woman journalist in New York. Richard Avedon author photo, advance comments by John Updike and Donald Barthelme to rear panel. A good copy in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $50.00