Philadelphia & New York, Lippincott, (1960). Her only book, a huge bestseller upon publication which won the Pulitzer Prize, was selected for two different book clubs, and was made into an Academy Award-winning film. The first edition (i.e., first printing, which has been estimated at having been 5000 copies) is not only very scarce, it is virtually impossible to find in collectable condition due to a number of factors: a large percentage of copies of the first printing went to libraries; the dust jacket is unlaminated and printed in dark ink, which tends to rub and show the white paper through the ink; and, because it is one of the best-loved books in American literature, copies tend to have been read, handled, passed around, and re-read -- and show the wear and tear of such use. This copy has a bit of a lean to the spine; otherwise it is fine in a fine dust jacket with only the most minute bits of rubbing at the folds and the spine extremities. Probably the nicest copy of this book we've ever seen, and certainly the nicest in the past decade or more. A nearly immaculate copy, completely unrestored, and virtually impossible to find in this condition. From the collection of Bruce Kahn. [#911062] SOLD
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