The Great American Novel by Roth, Philip - 1973

New York, Chicago, San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The story of the Ruppert Mundys, big-league baseball's first permanent road team, that wanders from one city to the next during World War II. Stated first edition. First printing. Pages are slightly browned, but overall this is a clean copy with no writing, marks, or underlining save for a former owner's name and date on the front pastedown endpaper. No bookplates. No remainder marks. Not an ex-library copy. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true, and the corners are square. Boards do have some sunning to the upper edges, as does the upper textblock edge where the dark blue color has faded a bit. Dust jacket is not price-clipped but does have some flaws, namely some browning, some creasing to the jacket flaps, and general shelf wear including a few 1/2" tears along the edges. This collectible, very good/very good, first edition/first printing copy is protected with an archival mylar dust jacket cover. Satisfaction guaranteed!