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Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. Fine. 1983. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special Limited edition, SIGNED by AUTHOR Philip Roth. This book is in unread Fine condition, only some small, shallow scrapes on the gilded page separate the condition from As New; The third novel from Roth to feature Nathan Zuckerman as the main character. Facing middle age, an undiagnosable pain in his neck keeps him from writing and in a burst of nostalgia and ambition, Zuckerman resolves to return to the University of Chicago, his alma mater, to pursue medical school. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilded, sewn in pages and ribbon marker, simply superb quality, Franklin Library at its best; 8vo; [xviii], 291, [5] pages; Signed by Author .

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. As New. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special Limited first edition preceding the trade edition, SIGNED by AUTHOR Philip Roth. This book has never been read and is in As New condition, never taken out of its original shrink-wrap; The third novel from Roth to feature Nathan Zuckerman as the main character. Facing middle age, an undiagnosable pain in his neck keeps him from writing and in a burst of nostalgia and ambition, Zuckerman resolves to return to the University of Chicago, his alma mater, to pursue medical school. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilded, sewn in pages and ribbon marker, simply superb quality, Franklin Library at its best; 8vo; [xviii], 291, [5] pages; Signed by Author .

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. Fine. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special Limited first edition/first printing preceding the trade edition in unread Fine condition, SIGNED by author Philip Roth; The third novel from Roth to feature Nathan Zuckerman as the main character. Facing middle age, an undiagnosable pain in his neck keeps him from writing and in a burst of nostalgia and ambition, Zuckerman resolves to return to the University of Chicago, his alma mater, to pursue medical school. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilded, sewn in pages and ribbon marker, simply superb quality, Franklin Library at its best; 8vo; [xviii], 291, [5] pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1972. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0030037166 . Unread first edition/first printing, small area of abrasion on front paste-down, else Fine condition in alike dust-jacket; Like a latter-day Gregor Samsa, Professor David Kepesh wakes up one morning to find that he has been transformed. But where Kafka's protagonist turned into a giant beetle, the narrator of Philip Roth's richly conceived fantasy has become a 155-pound female breast. What follows is a deliriously funny yet touching exploration of the full implications of Kepesh's metamorphosis—a daring, heretical book that brings us face to face with the intrinsic strangeness of sex and subjectivity; 8vo; [x], 78, [4] pages .

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. As New in As New dust jacket. 1972. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0030037166 . First edition/first printing, red top stain, variant binding with red end-papers in unread As New condition in alike dust-jacket; Like a latter-day Gregor Samsa, Professor David Kepesh wakes up one morning to find that he has been transformed. But where Kafka's protagonist turned into a giant beetle, the narrator of Philip Roth's richly conceived fantasy has become a 155-pound female breast. What follows is a deliriously funny yet touching exploration of the full implications of Kepesh's metamorphosis—a daring, heretical book that brings us face to face with the intrinsic strangeness of sex and subjectivity; 8vo; [x], 78, [8] pages .

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. Fine. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special Limited edition and true US first edition/first printing preceding the trade edition. This copy is in unread Fine condition and is SIGNED by author and Pulitzer Prize winner Philip Roth; Nathan Zuckerman's account of his younger brother Henry and the story about people enacting their dreams of renewal and escape. Wherever they may find themselves, the characters of The Counterlife are tempted by the prospect of an alternative existence that can reverse their fate. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather with raised bands and features gilded sewn-in pages with a satin marker. Simply superb quality; Franklin Library at its best; 8vo; [xviii], 324, [4] pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Houghton Mifflin. As New in As New dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth Spine. 061873516X . An impeccable first edition, first printing in As New condition in alike dust jacket. Signed by author Philip Roth on the title page. A most collectible copy, rather scarce in signed condition; Roth's PEN/Faulkner Award winning novel, containing its share of autobiographical elements, is the story of the unnamed Jewish man who eventually dies of cardiac arrest. The "Everyman" grew up in New Jersey, studied art, worked in advertising, was married and divorced three times. He spent his last few years in a retirement village, painting and teaching art to his fellow residents; Small 8vo; [viii], 182, [2] pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Houghton Mifflin. As New in As New dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth Spine. 061873516X . An impeccable first edition, first printing in As New condition in alike dust jacket; Roth's PEN/Faulkner Award winning novel, containing its share of autobiographical elements, is the story of the unnamed Jewish man who, eventually dies of cardiac arrest. The "Everyman" grew up in New Jersey, studied art, worked in advertising, was married and divorced three times. He spent his last few years in a retirement village, painting and teaching art to his fellow residents; Small 8vo; [viii], 182, [2] pages .

New York: Houghton Mifflin. As New in As New dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth Spine. 061873516X . An impeccable first edition, first printing in As New condition in alike dust jacket. SIGNED by author Philip Roth on the title page. A most collectible copy, rather scarce in signed condition; Roth's PEN/Faulkner Award winning novel, containing its share of autobiographical elements, is the story of the unnamed Jewish man who, eventually dies of cardiac arrest. The "Everyman" grew up in New Jersey, studied art, worked in advertising, was married and divorced three times. He spent his last few years in a retirement village, painting and teaching art to his fellow residents; Small 8vo; [viii], 182, [2] pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Houghton Mifflin. As New in As New dust jacket. 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0618915478 . An impeccable first edition, first printing in As New condition in alike dust jacket. This copy has been SIGNED by AUTHOR Philip Roth on the title page. A most collectible copy, rather scarce in signed condition; The final novel is bringing Roth's fictional surrogate Nathan Zuckerman back to the city he left eleven years before, Manhattan, New York. Here he quickly makes three connections that explode his carefully protected solitude ; 8vo; Signed by Author .

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. As New. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. An exceptional numbered first edition, limited to 250 copies, this copy being #118 in As New condition in Very Fine slip-case, signed by author Philip Roth directly on the limitation page. An unparalleled Roth collectible; The Facts is the unconventional autobiography of Philip Roth, a writer who has reshaped our idea of fiction—a work of compelling candor and inventiveness, instructive particularly in its revelation of the interplay between life and art; 8vo; Signed by Author .

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. Fine. 1978. Signed Edition. Full-Leather. A special Limited edition, SIGNED by AUTHOR Philip Roth. This book is in Fine condition; Roth's award-winning first book instantly established its author's reputation as a writer of explosive wit, merciless insight, and a fierce compassion for even the most self-deluding of his characters. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilded, sewn in pages and ribbon marker, simply superb quality, Franklin Library at its best; 8vo; [xviii], 299, [5] pages; Signed by Author .

Lewisburg, PA: The Press of Appletree Alley. Fine+. 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0916375218 . An impeccable numbered edition limited to 195 copies (this one being #146) in unread Very Fine condition, quarter leather and burgundy silk cloth covered boards in matching burgundy silk cloth covered slip case. This copy has been SIGNED by AUTHOR Philip Roth on the limitation page. A most scarce collectible copy, especially in this condition; His Mistress's Voice was originally published 1986 in the Partisan Review 53, only published in book form in this edition in 1995, printed on Arches cream laid paper. Spectacular throughout; 8vo; Signed by Author .

New York: Houghton Mifflin. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2009. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0547239696 . First edition, first printing in unread Fine condition in alike dust jacket, SIGNED by author Philip Roth directly on the title page. With small stamp of NY bookstore of signing event in the back; Philip Roth's 30th book is the third in a quartet. Like the two preceding short novels, "Everyman," and "Indignation," "The Humbling" is deeply melancholy. The tale focuses on Simon Axler, renowned actor who has lost his gifts. His wife leaves him, he is briefly institutionalized, and after he is released, he falls into a spiritless routine when he meets a younger woman and is recharged, even hopeful; 8vo; Signed by Author .

New York: Houghton Mifflin. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2009. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0547239696 . First edition, first printing in unread Fine condition in alike dust jacket, SIGNED by author Philip Roth directly on the title page. Without dreaded bookstore stamp; Philip Roth's 30th book is the third in a quartet. Like the two preceding short novels, "Everyman," and "Indignation," "The Humbling" is deeply melancholy. The tale focuses on Simon Axler, renowned actor who has lost his gifts. His wife leaves him, he is briefly institutionalized, and after he is released, he falls into a spiritless routine when he meets a younger woman and is recharged, even hopeful; 8vo; Signed by Author .

New York: Houghton Mifflin. As New in As New dust jacket. 2008. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 054705484X . An impeccable first edition, first printing in As New condition in alike dust jacket. This copy has been SIGNED by AUTHOR Philip Roth on the title page versus a tipped in page like the more common copies; Indignation is Philip Roth's twenty-ninth book and, against the backdrop of the Korean War in 1951, tells the story of Marcus Messner and his education in life's terrifying chances and bizarre obstructions; 8vo; Signed by Author .

New York: Houghton Mifflin. As New in As New dust jacket. 2008. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 054705484X . First edition, first printing in As New condition in alike dust jacket, SIGNED by author Philip Roth; Indignation is Philip Roth's twenty-ninth book and, against the backdrop of the Korean War in 1951, tells the story of Marcus Messner and his education in life's terrifying chances and bizarre obstructions; 8vo; Signed by Author .

New York: The Library of America. As New in As New dust jacket. 2008. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 1598530305 . A most attractive first edition/first printing bound in emerald green cloth with gilt and black lettering and design on spine. In unread As New condition in alike dustjacket with cloth bookmark. SIGNED by Philip Roth directly on the title page; With this fifth volume, The Library of America continues the definitive edition of Philip Roth's collected works. The Counterlife is one of Roth's most radical novels narrated by Roth's alter ego, Nathan Zuckerman. The Facts is autobiographical, presenting Roth's own inner battles, especially as an author. Deception tackles the world of adultery with unrivaled directness; and Patrimony takes us on Roth's journey with his own father as he dies from a brain tumor; Vol. 5; 8vo; Signed by Author .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0671703765 . A beautiful first trade edition (preceded by the privately published Franklin Library edition) in unread Fine condition in alike dust jacket, SIGNED by author Philip Roth; In his twentieth book , Philip Roth confronts his double, an impostor whose self-appointed task is to lead the Jews out of Israel and back to Europe. Operation Shylock is a spy story, a political thriller, a meditation on identity, a confession an the re-creation of his frightening and mysterious journey through the volatile Middle East; 8vo; Signed by Author .

New York: Random House. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1971. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 039447886X . A very attractive first edition/first printing in Fine condition in about Fine, slightly rubbed dust-jacket, SIGNED by author Philip Roth directly on the half title page; A ferocious political satire in the great tradition, Our Gang is Philip Roth's brilliantly indignant response to the phenomenon of Richard M. Nixon. In the character of Trick E. Dixon, Roth shows us a man who outdoes the severest cynic, a peace-loving Quaker and believer in the sanctity of human life who doesn't have a problem with killing unarmed women and children in self-defense; 8vo; [vi], 200, [8] pages; Signed by Author .