New York: Random House, 1973. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Foreword by Ralph Ellison. Very faint spot on front board, a few faint pencil notes in the text, else near fine in about fine dust jacket. Rear panel of jacket prints a nine-line blurb by Ralph Ellison. Leon Forrest's first book. Inscribed by Ralph Ellison at his foreword: "For Phyllis Levita, somewhat amazed but with pleasure. Ralph Ellison. Nov. 5, 1989". Laid into the book is a request from Choice magazine for a review, along with a page of reviewer's notes in an unknown hand, and a brief typed review of the book.
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Letter line: A letter line is a convention occasionally used by publishers to denote the printing of a particular book. It is generally located on the copyright page and consists of a sequence of letters, the lowest alphabetically of which generally indicates the number of the printing (for example, "A" indicates a 1st printing, "B" a second printing, "C" a third printing, etc.).
Below is a letter line from Harvill Press, in this case indicating a first printing:
For more information on similar conventions used to identify printings, see also number lines.