New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1983. First edition of this collection of stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Susie and Paul Old and dear friends- a long life in friendship Bern." The recipients, Suzanne and Paul Shrag were close friends of Malamud and brother of printmaker Karl Schrag. With a compliments of the author card laid in from the publisher. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Cynthia Krupat. Photograph by Nancy Crampton. Housed in a custom clamshell box.

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Bookseller: Raptis Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 99856
Title: The Stories of Bernard Malamud.
Author: Malamud, Bernard
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1983
Keywords: first edition signed, The Stories of Bernard Malamud

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