Equal Distance: A Novel [Uncorrected Proof, First State, with] Equal Distance: A Novel [Uncorrected Proof, Second State]

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. First Edition. First Printing, uncorrected proof (2 copies). Octavo (21cm); first state in teal printed card wrappers; page numbers added by hand, 306pp. Second state, Octavo (21cm); white printed card wrappers; with January 3, 1985 publication date and price written in pen on front wrapper, and titled by hand on lower edge of textblock; printed page numbers, pp.350. Earlier (teal) proof lightly spine-sunned, with creases to spine panel and rear cover, and light interior wear; Very Good. Later proof has publisher's printed synopsis stapled on verso of front wrapper, modest shelfwear, and tanning to spine and edges; Very (truncated) Good.

Both states of the proof for Leithauser's critically-acclaimed first novel, "a funny lyrical novel about a young Midwesterner's coming-of-age (almost) during the year he takes off from law school and spends in Japan--the debut as novelist of the much admired poet" (from publisher's synopsis). [83647]. (Inventory #: 83647)