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The author's first book. Stated first printing. Very good or better in a very good (minor edge wear) dust jacket.; 304 pages.

A first edition copy of William H. Gass' debut novel, presented in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition. Â In the publisher's original cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. This is the first novel from Gass, which follows a set of characters in a small town in rural Ohio during the 1890s. A man named Brackett Omensetter comes to town, and confronts the 'crazed' Reverend Jethro Furber, resulting in strong reactions from the community. William Howard Gass (1924-2017) was an American novelist, critic, and philosophy professor. He wrote multiple novels, short stories, and essays, some of which won the NAtional Book Critics Circle Award, as well as the Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism. With a change of address card loosely inserted to text, belonging to prior owner Deborah Rogers (1938-2014), a British literary agent. Rogers represented popular writers such as A. S. Byatt, Ian McEwan, Angela Carter, and Salman Rushdie. She offered Rushdie her second home as a refuge from the fatwa imposed by Khomeini, and he lived there for almost a decade. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with just a bit of bumping to the extremities and spine, with light fading to the top edge of boards. Dust wrapper is very smart, with a bit of edge wear to the wraps, and light fading to the spine region. The odd spot to the reverse of wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine.

Hardcover in dust jacket. Olive green textured boards, pristine. First British edition, first printing (1967). SIGNED and inscribed on front free end page ("For Samuel Bellman"--Bellman was one of the founding members of the English and Foreign Language Department at Cal Poly Pomona and taught American literature there for many years). Book is firm in binding, unread. Bellman's ownership plate is on the front paste-down, hidden by the jacket flap. Protected, orange and green, unclipped dust jacket has a half-inch tape repair at top, shelf wear to corners. Gass's first novel. A handsome copy. Free of any markings, not ex-library.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 304 pages; Signed by Author.

First edition, first printing. His 1st book. Dust jacket blurbs by Susan Sontag & Walker Percy. Fine book in a fine dust jacket with just a touch of rubbing to the corners. A beautiful copy!