Billy Bathgate: A Novel.

DOCTOROW, E.L.

Item Number: 18079

New York: Random House, 1989.

First edition of this novel by the National Book Award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by E.L. Doctorow on the title page. Near fine in a fine dust jacket.

“A wonderful addition to the ranks of American boy heroes . . . Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer with more poetry, Holden Caulfield with more zest and spirit . . . The kind of book you find yourself finishing at three in the morning after promising at midnight that you’ll stop at the next page" (New York Times Book Review).