Bech At Bay

Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1998. Limited Numbered First Edition. Full Leather. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. A handsome dark brown leather Numbered Limited First Edition SIGNED by one of America's greatest contemporary writers. Numbered 707 of 1100 Limited Edition copies. With moire silk endpapers, gold-gilt cover designs and page edges, and bound-in silk bookmark. In fine unread condition; some tiny rubs on the gold gilt edges are extremely minor. Includes a publisher's Certificate of Authenticity. This is the third volume of stories about character Henry Bech; the earlier two were "Bech: A Book" and "Bech is Back." Recipient of almost every major artistic and literary honor, including the National Medal of the Arts and the Pulitzer Prize for Literature (twice), his most famous novels are "The Centaur," for which he won the National Book Award, "Couples" "The Witches of Eastwick," and the "Rabbit" books including "Rabbit,Run," "Rabbit Redux," "Rabbit is Rich," for which for which he won the Pulitzer Prize, and "Rabbit at Rest," for which he won the American Book Award and another Pulitzer. A significant book by a significant author for which he won the Pulitzer Prize, and "Rabbit at Rest," for which he won the American Book Award and another Pulitzer. A significant book by a significant author.