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The Fixer
by Bernard Malamud
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Clarence, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The Fixer" by Bernard Malamud. First edition, first printing, with first issue dust jacket. Published by Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, New York, 1966. Winner of the 1967 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award. Dust jacket is in very good minus condition. The front flap contains the original price of $5.75 on the top right corner. Minor surface wear to the panels, spine, and along the perimeter edges. Two minor tape repairs to the verso of the spine. Previous owner's signature on the front flap. The book is in very good condition. "First printing, 1966" is stated on copyright page, identifying the book as a first edition. Large gift inscription on the front endpaper in ink. The cream colored cloth boards are very well preserved and the black and orange lettering on the spine remains bright and intact. The edges of the book are sharp and crisp. A few instances of scattered soiling to the fore-edge and to the textblock. The textblock is gently toned, largely clean, bright, unmarked, and complete. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. Inventory # (C6-2).
Synopsis
Bernard Malamud was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was an author of novels and short stories. His novel, The Eighth Day was the winner of the National Book Awards as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1967. In this fictionalized account of a true story regarding a viciously anti-Semitic incident, the protagonist, Yakov Bok, a poor Jew, travels to Kiev to try to change his life situation and fortunes. He tries to pass for a Gentile and is hired on as a supervisor of a brick-making factory. Soon, there is a murder of a Christian child and Bok’s Jewishness is discovered; he is unjustly imprisoned for the murder. He experiences torture and abuse at the hands of his jailers and slowly comes to realize his faith in the potential humanity of Christians and Jews alike. The novel employs rich, complex characters and an intellectual message regarding the need for humane political actions.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ernestoic Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000273
- Title
- The Fixer
- Author
- Bernard Malamud
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus, & Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
Terms of Sale
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Ernestoic Books
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Clarence, New York
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- First Edition
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- Crisp
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Copyright page
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Cloth
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