MALAMUD, Bernard. The Magic Barrel.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1958.

8vo.; in purple cloth over pink boards; with dust-jacket. Jacket faintly discolored; edges chipped at the spine; minor rubbing. A good copy.

First edition, first printing. Signed by Malamud on free front endpapers.

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