Refiner's Fire by Mark Helprin - 1977: The Life and Adventures of Marshall Pearl, a Foundling

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1977. Hardcover. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD PLUS. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents the FIRST EDITION STATED of Mark Helprin's very first novel, REFINER'S FIRE. "A wonderful writer. He moves from character to character and from culture to culture, as if he's been born and raised everywhere." (John Gardner) Over the past 3 1/2 decades, HELPRIN has been awarded the National Jewish Book Award and the Prix de Rome from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. A fellow of the American Academy in Rome and a former Guggenheim Fellow, Helprin is also a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy. This attractive FIRST EDITION measures 6 3/8" x 9 1/2", contains 373 action packed pages, and includes the ORIGINAL DUST JACKET.Overall book condition is NEAR FINE. Pages (top edges are tinted red) = Fine: light bumps to outer edges, else As New. Cover (black quarter cloth binding over medium blue boards, with particulars in gold gilt) = Near Fine: sunning to top and bottom edges of front, top edge of spine, and most of back, back carries transfer image from back of dust jacket, else extremely tight, sharp, clear, square and very attractive. ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET (dark blue glossy paper with full color illustration and particulars in white) = Very Good Plus: light chipping to top edge, light sunning to top of back and inside flaps, else complete, clear, very colorful.