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1 Operation Shylock  Roth, Philip
New York Simon & Schuster 1993 
Near fine with only the faintest bump top edge, else fine throughout. no dustjacket, as issued, never for sale to the public. Special Limited Advance Reader's Copy made from the Uncorrected Proof, cloth-backed boards, paper cover label, publisher's compliments card, laid in. Author's signature on cover in gilt. Never opened. "Roth's brilliant, absurdist novel, set in Jerusalem during the trial of John Demjanjuk, follows the intersecting paths of two characters who share Roth's name and impersonate one another with dizzying speed' - Publisher's Weekly. Also Time magazine's best American novel, 1993.  
Price: 54.86 USD
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2 Operation Shylock  Roth, Philip
Franklin Library 1993 
Signed Limited First Edition, bound in full morocco, decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, satin pagemarker, still sealed in publisher's shrink-wrap with all printed paper inserts included. Nothing short of perfect condition. Frontispiece illustration by Carol D. Fabricatore. ‘With excruciating suspense, unfettered philosophical speculation, and a cast of characters that includes Israeli intelligence agents, Palestinian exiles, an accused war criminal, and an enticing charter member of an organization called Anti-Semites Anonymous, Operation Shylock barrels across the frontier between fact and fiction, seriousness and high comedy, history and nightmare.’ - Time magazine best American novel, 1993.  
Price: 226.28 USD
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3 Zuckerman Unbound  Roth, Philip
New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1981 
8vo. Signed Limited First Edition, No. 127 of 350 specially bound and hand-numbered copies, signed by Roth on the limitation page, full red cloth, absolutely fine in fine slipcase. "[Roth's] narrative hand is wonderfully sure, his comic timing worthy of the Ritz Brothers.... Not since Henry MIller has anyone learned to be as funny and compassionate and brutal and plaintive in the space of a paragraph." - Village Voice. Gorgeous.  
Price: 239.98 USD
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4 Zuckerman Unbound  Roth, Philip
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1981 
Uncorrected Proof Copy, fine in orange wrappers with protective plastic cover."[Roth's] narrative hand is wonderfully sure, his comic timing worthy of the Ritz Brothers.... Not since Henry MIller has anyone learned to be as funny and compassionate and brutal and plaintive in the space of a paragraph." - Village Voice. Scarce and desirable.  
Price: 130.27 USD
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5 Zuckerman Unbound  Roth, Philip
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1981 
8vo. First Trade Edition, green cloth, jacket in BroDart protective book jacket cover. Fine in fine dust, NOT price-clipped. "[Roth's] narrative hand is wonderfully sure, his comic timing worthy of the Ritz Brothers.... Not since Henry MIller has anyone learned to be as funny and compassionate and brutal and plaintive in the space of a paragraph." - Village Voice.  
Price: 34.29 USD
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