Great American Novel, The by Roth, Philip - 1973

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. 0805017348 . Blue hardcovers with gilt titles to the spine. A tightly bound unmarked copy with an unmarked text. Very Good + condition with light spine end bumping and light foxing to the deckled edges. A Book Club Edition. The DJ is intact with light edgewear and cover scuffing and some wear to the cover hinges. "Gil Gamesh, the only pitcher who ever literally tried to kill the umpire. The ex-con first baseman John Baal, “The Babe Ruth of the Big House, ” who never hit a homerun sober. If you’ve never heard of them — or of the Ruppert Mundy’s, the only homeless big-league ball team in American history — it’s because of the Communist plot and the capitalist scandal that expunged the entire Patriot League from baseball memory." ; 9.10 X 6.30 X 1.50 inches; 400 pages .