MALAMUD, Bernard. Pictures of Fidelman: An Exhibition.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969.

8vo.; in pink cloth over gray boards; with dust-jacket. Bottom edge of front cover torn and crumpled, minor tear to spine; otherwise a good copy.

First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Malamud to his mother: “For Mama and Gino for a happier future. All good wishes / Bern”.

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.