MALAMUD, Bernard. The Magic Barrel.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1958.

8vo.; in purple cloth over pink boards; with dust-jacket. Jacket faded, torn and chipped at edges.

First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Malamud: “For Mama and Gino / With love / Bern” on card taped to title-page.  

Malamud’s much-acclaimed first story collection, winner of the 1959 National Book Award for Fiction.