The Natural.
"We have two lives... the life we learn with and the life we live after that": First Edition of Bernard Malamud’s Classic First Book The Natural; Signed by Him
The Natural.
MALAMUD, Bernard.
Item Number: 1775
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1952.
First edition of the author’s first book, and one of the greatest baseball novels of all time. Extremities slightly faded, else near fine in the gray binding [one of three red, blue and gray, with no priority established] in a near fine dust jacket that shows just a touch of soiling. Inscribed by the author: “For Brad Arnold with sincere good wishes Bern Malamud Christmas, 1955 Corvallis, Oregon.” Housed in a custom half leather clamshell box.
"A brilliant and unusually fine novel" (The New York Times).
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