"unique addition to the lasting literature about men and women": First Edition of My Life As A Man; Inscribed by Philip Roth to Fellow novelist Larry Kramer
My Life as a Man.
Roth, Philip.
$975.00Item Number: 16008
New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1974.
First edition of Roth’s seventh novel. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication, “To Larry Kramer- my best to you- from the corner of 54th + 5th-Good luck with your play Philip Roth May 7, 1974.” The recipient, Larry Kramer is an American playwright and novelist. He began his career rewriting scripts while working for Columbia Pictures, which led him to London where he worked with United Artists. There he wrote the screenplay for the 1969 film Women and Love, which earned an Academy Award nomination. He has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his play The Destiny of Me, and is a two-time recipient of the Obie Award. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a closed tear the front panel. A nice association.
"A very grand work...in invention, in perception...in coming to grips with the wild inconsistencies of life and art" (The New Yorker).
Other Books by this Author
First Edition of Philip Roth's Our Gang; Signed by Him
Roth, Philip.
Our Gang.
New York: Random House, 1971.
First edition of Roth’s fifth book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $250.00
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"What do you look like? May I come see you tonight and show you?": First Edition of Philip Roth’s First Book Goodbye, Columbus; Signed by Him
Roth, Philip.
Goodbye, Columbus.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959.
First edition of the author’s first book and winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Light rubbing to the bottom cloth, fine in a fine dust jacket without the usual toning to the spine. Jacket design by Sanford Roth. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A superior example.
Price: $5,500.00
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"Stop worrying about growing old. And think about growing up": First Edition of The Dying Animal; Signed by Philip Roth
Roth, Philip.
The Dying Animal.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
First Edition. Octavo. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Basis for the motion picture “Elegy” starring Ben Kingsley as David Kapesh.
Price: $375.00
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First Edition of Philip Roth's The Facts: A Novelist's Autobiography; Signed by Him
Roth, Philip.
The Facts: A Novelist’s Autobiography.
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1988.
First edition of Roth’s autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Glaser.
Price: $300.00
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First Edition of Philip Roth’s First Book Goodbye, Columbus; Signed by Him
Roth, Philip.
Goodbye, Columbus.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959.
First edition of the author’s first book and winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light expert restoration. Jacket design by Sanford Roth.
Price: $2,500.00
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First British Edition of the Author’s National Book Award Winning Novel Goodbye, Columbus; Signed by Philip Roth
Roth, Philip.
Goodbye, Columbus.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1959.
First British edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Adrian Bailey. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,100.00
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First Edition of Sabbath’s Theater; Signed by Philip Roth
Roth, Philip.
Sabbath’s Theater.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995.
First edition of Roth’s second National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Glaser.
Price: $350.00
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First Edition of The Professor of Desire; Inscribed by Philip Roth to Novelist Jack Leggett
Roth, Philip.
The Professor of Desire.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977.
First edition of Roth’s second book in a series portraying the life of the fictional professor David Kapesh. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to Jack Leggett, “To Jack Philip Aug. 1977.” Leggett was a biographer and literary mentor and head of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where Philip Roth taught. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Nannette Stevenson. A nice association.
Price: $975.00
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“I did not want to voice a word that would lift the cover and reveal that hideous emotion I always felt for her, the underside of love": First Edition of Philip Roth’s Goodbye, Columbus; Signed by Him
Roth, Philip.
Goodbye, Columbus.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959.
First edition of the author’s first book and winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sanford Roth.
Price: $3,400.00
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Signed by Philip Roth
Roth, Philip.
Philip Roth: Novels and Stories 1959-1959. Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories and Letting Go.
New York: Library of America, 2005.
First edition of the first book in The Library of America Roth series. Octavo, original green cloth. Fine in a fine slipcase. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page.
Price: $200.00
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"Life is just a short period of time in which you are alive": First Edition of Philip Roth's Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel American Pastoral; Signed By Him
Roth, Philip.
American Pastoral.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997.
First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Glaser.
Price: $950.00
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First Edition of Operation Shylock; Signed by Philip Roth
Roth, Philip.
Operation Shylock: A Confession.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993.
First edition of Roth’s 19th book. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paula Scher.
Price: $350.00
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First Edition of Philip Roth's The Prague Orgy; Signed by Him
Roth, Philip.
Prague Orgy.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1985.
First edition of this novella by the Pulitzer-Prize winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Lilly Lee.
Price: $600.00
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First Edition of Philip Roth's Everyman; Signed by Him
Roth, Philip.
Everyman.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006.
First edition of this novel, which is a candidly intimate yet universal story of loss, regret, and stoicism. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Jacket design by Michaela Sullivan.
Price: $150.00
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First Edition of The Human Stain: From the library of Fellow Novelist John Barth; Signed by Philip Roth and John Barth
Roth, Philip.
The Human Stain.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
First edition of Roth’s award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. From the library of fellow novelist John Barth, with his signature to the half-title page. Barth won the National Book Award in fiction for his novel Chimera. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michaela Sullivan. A nice association.
Price: $1,100.00
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“Nothing lasts and yet nothing passes either, and nothing passes just because nothing lasts": First Edition of The Human Stain; Signed By Philip Roth
Roth, Philip.
The Human Stain.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
First edition of Roth’s award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michaela Sullivan.
Price: $475.00
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Philip Roth's Our Gang; Signed by Him
Roth, Philip.
Our Gang.
New York: Random House, 1971.
Early printing of Roth’s fifth book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $95.00
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Uncorrected Proof the The Breast; Signed by Philip Roth
Roth, Philip.
The Breast.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972.
Uncorrected proof of the author’s comic novella which features David Kapesh’s transformation into a 155 pound breast. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. In very good condition.
Price: $250.00
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First Edition of Exit Ghost; Signed by Philip Roth
Roth, Philip.
Exit Ghost.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007.
First edition of the author’s final novel in his acclaimed Zuckerman series. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Glaser.
Price: $125.00
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Uncorrected Proof of the First Edition of The Professor of Desire; Signed by Philip Roth
Roth, Philip.
The Professor of Desire.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977.
Uncorrected proof of the first edition of Roth’s second book in a series portraying the life of the fictional professor David Kapesh. Quarto, original wrappers. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. With a photograph of Roth signed by him. In fine condition. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell box. An uncommon proof.
Price: $850.00
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“For all that I announce at intervals that I want to go mad, it is apparently impossible: beyond me, beneath me. It took This for me to learn that I am a citadel of sanity”: First Edition of Philip Roth's Comic Novel The Breast; Signed by Him
Roth, Philip.
The Breast.
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1972.
First edition of Roth’s first book in a series portraying the life of the fictional professor David Kapesh. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $300.00
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First Edition of Exit Ghost; Signed by Philip Roth and Artist Milton Glaser
Roth, Philip.
Exit Ghost.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007.
First edition of the author’s final novel in his acclaimed Zuckerman series. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Additionally signed by artist Milton Glaser on the rear jacket flap. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Glaser.
Price: $225.00
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“Gone were the days when Zuckerman had only to worry about Zuckerman making money: henceforth he would have to worry about his money making money": Uncorrected Proof of the First Edition of Zuckerman Unbound; Signed by Philip Roth
Roth, Philip.
Zuckerman Unbound.
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux: New York, 1981.
Uncorrected proof of the first edition. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. In fine condition. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell box.
Price: $450.00
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Signed by Philip Roth and Peter Matthiessen
Roth, Philip.
Goodbye Columbus) The Paris Review Autumn-Winter 1958-59.
New York: The Paris Review, 1959.
First appearance of Philip Roth’s first book, “Goodbye, Columbus.” Signed twice by Roth, once on the cover and also inside the volume where the story appears. Also signed by Peter Matthiessen, co-founder and editor of the Paris Review. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,800.00
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First Editions of each volume in Philip Roth's American Trilogy; Each Signed by Him
Roth, Philip.
The American Trilogy: American Pastoral; I Married A Communist and The Human Stain.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997-2000.
First editions of each novel in Roth’s acclaimed American trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, original half cloth. Each volume is signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Each are fine in a fine dust jackets. Jacket design by Milton Glaser.
Price: $2,000.00
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Signed Limited First Edition of Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint
Roth, Philip.
Portnoy’s Complaint.
New York: Random House, 1969.
Signed limited first edition of Roth’s breakthrough novel. Octavo, original cloth. One of 600 numbered copies signed by Philip Roth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. The slipcase is in fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $700.00
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"To my dearest Claire- Who was there at Zuckerman's birth and has helped me see him through his fury": First Edition of The Anatomy Lesson; Inscribed by Philip Roth to His Wife Claire Bloom
Roth, Philip.
The Anatomy Lesson.
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1983.
First edition of the third novel from Roth to feature Nathan Zuckerman as the main character. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by Roth to his wife Claire Bloom on the title page, “To my dearest Claire- Who was there at Zuckerman’s birth and has helped me see him through his fury. My love and my love and my love P. Oct. 1, ’83.” Roth first met Bloom in 1966, when they were both in earlier relationships. “To have such a mind as Philip Roth’s fixed on your every word and gesture is both daunting and extremely flattering”, she recalled of this first encounter. The couple finally began their relationship in 1975, and started living together at an early stage. An excellent example in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sigrid Spaeth. An exceptional association copy.
Price: $4,800.00
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"How easy life is when it's easy, and how hard when it's hard": First Edition of The Professor of Desire; Signed by Philip Roth
Roth, Philip.
The Professor of Desire.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977.
First edition of Roth’s second book in a series portraying the life of the fictional professor David Kapesh. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Jacket design by Nannette Stevenson. A very sharp example.
Price: $375.00
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Signed by Philip Roth
Roth, Philip.
Goodbye Columbus and Other Stories.
Shelton, CT: First Edition Library.
The facsimile of the first printing of the Houghton Mifflin edition from 1959. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket with slipcase which is in fine condition.
Price: $225.00
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"Stop worrying about growing old. And think about growing up": First Edition of The Dying Animal; Signed by Philip Roth
Roth, Philip.
The Dying Animal.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001.
First edition of Roth’s third book in a series portraying the life of the fictional professor David Kapesh, preceded by The Breast (1971) and The Professor of Desire (1977). Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00
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“In my childhood I led the life of a sage, when I grew up I started climbing trees”: First Edition of Philip Roth's The Ghost Writer; Signed by Him
Roth, Philip.
The Ghost Writer.
New York: Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux, 1979.
First edition of the author’s first book in his acclaimed Zuckerman series. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear. Jacket design by Sigrid Spaeth.
Price: $450.00
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“I don’t know anybody. I turn sentences around, and that’s it": First Edition of Philip Roth's The Ghost Writer; Signed by Him
Roth, Philip.
The Ghost Writer.
New York: Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux, 1979.
First edition of the author’s first book in his acclaimed Zuckerman series. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sigrid Spaeth.
Price: $475.00
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"You have a conscience, and a conscience is a valuable attribute": First Edition of Nemesis; Signed by Philip Roth and Milton Glaser
Roth, Philip.
Nemesis.
New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2010.
First edition of Roth’s 31st book. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page, without the bookstore stamp. Additionally signed by the jacket illustrator Milton Glaser. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Glaser.
Price: $350.00
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First Edition of Philip Roth’s First Book Goodbye, Columbus; Signed by Him
Roth, Philip.
Goodbye, Columbus.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959.
First edition of the author’s first book and winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Name to the front free endpaper, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by Sanford Roth. A very nice example.
Price: $3,500.00
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Signed Limited Edition of Philip Roth's The Counterlife
Roth, Philip.
The Counterlife.
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1986.
First edition of the signed limited of fourth novel in the author’s Zuckerman series. Octavo, original red leather with gilt tooling to the spine, front and rear panels. All edges gilt. Signed by Philip Roth. In fine condition. Laid into this copy is a note from the editors of the Franklin Library.
Price: $85.00
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Philip Roth's Our Gang; Inscribed by Him to His Lover and Future Wife Claire Bloom
Roth, Philip.
Our Gang.
New York: Random House, 1971.
Early printing of Roth’s fifth book. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his lover and future wife Claire Bloom, “Jan 1972 To Claire- Fondly Philip Roth.” Roth first met Bloom in 1966, when they were both in earlier relationships. “To have such a mind as Philip Roth’s fixed on your every word and gesture is both daunting and extremely flattering”, she recalled of this first encounter. The couple finally began their relationship in 1975, and started living together at an early stage. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional association copy.
Price: $1,250.00
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First Edition of Philip Roth's When She Was Good; Signed by Him
Roth, Philip.
When She Was Good.
New York: Random House, 1967.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $475.00
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