MALAMUD, Bernard. Pictures of Fidelman: An Exhibition.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969.

8vo.; in pink cloth over gray boards; with dust-jacket. Front board slightly dented on lower edge; dust-jacket in fine condition.

First edition, first printing. Malamud’s own copy, inscribed on title page by his wife Ann Malamud: “Personal copy of Bernard Malamud / Ann Malamud”.

This picaresque novel follows the Bronx-born painter’s Arthur Fidelman across Italy. Earlier versions of this character appeared in The Magic Barrel and Idiots First.