Breakthrough: A Treasury of Contemporary American Jewish Literature by Malin, Irving and Stark, Irwin - 1963

New York: McGraw, 1964. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. 376pp. Bumped spine ends, near fine in a very good spine faded dustwrapper with short tears and chips.

Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Jewish Publication Society edition. 376pp. Wear to the edges, very good in chipped and worn dustwrapper.

Philadeliphia: JPS Jewish Publication Society. 1964. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. 1st Edition stated. Contributors include Philip Roth, Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, Norman Mailer, Karl Shapiro, Delmore Schwartz, Howard Nemerov, Allen Ginsburg and other literary luminaries. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964. Hardcover. 8vo. Black and brown paper over boards, dust jacket. viii, 376pp. Near fine/good plus. Jacket edgeworn and rubbed, with archivally closed (on verso) edge tears, thus fairly attractive overall. A tight, clean and nice first edition of this anthology whose contributors include Philip Roth, Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, Norman Mailer, Karl Shapiro, Delmore Schwartz, Howard Nemerov, Allen Ginsburg and other literary luminaries. Boldly inscribed and signed in red ballpoint on the front flyleaf by noted and prolific American Lutheran religious scholar Martin E. Marty (born 1928): "To Archie Lieberman / Martin E. Marty." (Lieberman, 1926-2008, is a noted Chicago photographer and author of "Farm Boy.").