MALAMUD, Bernard. The Complete Stories.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997.

8vo.; in black cloth with gilt titles on spine over blue boards, with dust-jacket; edges slightly rubbed, a fine copy.

First edition, first printing, with insert typed note: “This book is sent with the compliments of Robert Giroux”.

The definitive edition of Malamud’s short stories. With an introduction by his editor and publisher, Robert Giroux.