Arthur Fidelman, Bronx-born and raised, is a self-confessed failure as a painter. When he goes to Italy to prepare a critical study of Giotto, a picaresque tale of comedy and adventure ensues. Pursued through the streets of Rome by the refugee Susskind, falling into the hands of art thieves, hand-carving wooden Madonnas, becoming a pimp, attempting to sculpt the perfect hole, Fidelman is a comic creation of genius.
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Arthur Fidelman, Bronx-born and raised, is a self-confessed failure as a painter. When he goes to Italy to prepare a critical study of Giotto, a picaresque tale of comedy and adventure ensues. Pursued through the streets of Rome by the refugee Susskind, falling into the hands of art thieves, hand-carving wooden Madonnas, becoming a pimp, attempting to sculpt the perfect hole, Fidelman is a comic creation of genius.
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Seller's Description:
Collectible-Very Good in Very Good jacket. First printing stated. Very Good in like dustjacket. Minimal shelf wear or rubbing, p.o. signature at the top of the front fly leaf. The jacket is not price-clipped, has no rubbing to the corners or spine ends, but age-darkened overall.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Inscribed & Signed By Author First UK edition, first prnt. Inscribed by Malamud on the front free endpage. ": for Robert P. Hinshaw in appreciation of his kindness to Ida Barbieri-Bernard Malamud Bennington, Vermont." Faint beginning toning on the front free endpage's extremities; dustjacket with minimal shelfwear, short abrasion on the front panel topedge and toining on rear panel bottom edge. A tight, clean copy in Near Fine condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover.
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Very Good+ in Near Fine jacket. Signed by Author Signed bookplate by Malamud laid in. Edgewear, creasing and discoloration to dust jacket. Lower front corner lightly bumped and rear end paper and last few pages creased.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Bottom corner a little bumped else fine in near fine dustwrapper with a little wear at the spine edges. Inscribed by Malamud to Chet Garrison (a close friend and colleague of Malamud's) and his wife Louise: "For Louise and Chet, old dear friends with love, Bern." The Garrisons were also the dedicatees of a 1967 omnibus edition of Malamud's work, *The Malamud Reader*. Chester A. Garrison became friends with Malamud soon after Garrison joined the English Department at Oregon State College (now University) in 1954 where they bonded over being Easterners (Malamud from New York and Garrison from Jersey City) and their mutual interest in Thomas Hardy. Malamud's son Paul interviewed Garrison about their relationship for the book *The Magic Worlds of Bernard Malamud* (2001). A very nice association copy.
