The Magic Barrel and Idiots First
1978
First Published
3.30
Average Rating
453
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HIGHEST DEGREE OF QUALITY THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY LUXURIOUS LEATHER-BOUND HARDCOVER LIMITED EDITION COLLECTION exclusively for subscribers to ”The Collected Stories of the World’s Greatest Writers ”. Excellent Condition with Collectors Notes! "The Magic Barrel Idiots First" by Bernard Malamud, illustrated by Bert Silverman, 1978. Book size is 9 x 6 x 1.9 inches & there are 452 pages. Never-opened, brand new copy in absolute mint condition. HARDCOVER & original SLIPCASE. Cover is a GORGEOUS premium hand-cut full leather, boards adorned with ornate embossing.The spine is dubbed with raised horizontal bands formed in the leather. GENUINE leather binding is tight & square, 22 karat gold lettering and art on the front and back covers as well as guilt pages, thread SMYTH SEWN PAGES—not merely glue, raised bands on the spine that add a visual interest and an antique look, and a silk page-marker sewn into the binding for durability which is concealed by muslin joints. Flawless gold gilded page ends on all 3 sides to protect against dust & moisture. Lovely deep silk moiré fabric end papers & a sewn-in satin ribbon page marker. The book is printed on acid-neutral archival paper, for permanence & durability to last generations without discoloring. The paper quality—texture and thickness. These books aren't going to fall apart, unless you try to take them apart, so this book will accommodate a lifetime of being read over & over again without showing signs of wear or deterioration.Perfectly crisp corners.Pages are clean and unmarked, unused/unread, excellent condition overall.Slipcase exterior box has bumped up on corners due to moving boxes over time. The bumping is very modest but still should be noted. Book is perfect. This is a well-stored, never-opened brand new copy in absolute mint condition. See photos for exact details. Please Due to their high value and demand, all Franklin Library books are photographed and/or video recorded for fraud security.
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Author
Bernard Malamud
Author · 23 books
Bernard Malamud was an author of novels and short stories. Along with Saul Bellow and Philip Roth, he was one of the great American Jewish authors of the 20th century. His baseball novel, The Natural, was adapted into a 1984 film starring Robert Redford. His 1966 novel The Fixer, about antisemitism in Tsarist Russia, won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
