New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, (1982).
Price: $225.00
Hardcover. First edition. Near fine in fine dustwrapper. Ownership signature of Chester A. Garrison, a close friend and colleague of Malamud's in the English Department at Oregon State College (later University), and who along with his wife Louise were the dedicatees of a 1967 omnibus edition of Malamud's work, *The Malamud Reader.* Advance Review Copy with Author's Complimentary Slip stapled to the front fly, along with an Autograph Note Signed to Garrison apologizing for getting the book out to him late.
Chester A. Garrison became friends with Malamud soon after Garrison joined the English Department at Oregon State College (now University) in 1954 where they bonded over being Easterners (Malamud from New York and Garrison from Jersey City) and their mutual interest in Thomas Hardy. Malamud's son Paul interviewed Garrison about their relationship for the book *The Magic Worlds of Bernard Malamud* (2001).
Item #456457
ISBN: 0374529671