signed first edition
1959 · New York
by Tevis, Walter
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. First edition, first printing. An association copy signed by Walter Tevis on the front free end paper and inscribed "To Buz with affection and respect." Marion (Buz) Wyeth was a legendary editor at Harper & Brothers. Bound in publisher's original red cloth and gray paper covered boards, spine stamped in gilt. Very Good+ with sunning to edges, in a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with some toning, light rubbing, fading to spine, several edge chips and a nick to the front spine joint. The inspiration for the 1961 Robert Rossen film starring Paul Newman as "Fast Eddie" and Jackie (truncated)