Books

First edition of the author's first book. [x], 298 pp. 8vo. Roth's first book, comprising the title novella and five short stories. An immediate success, it won the 1960 National Book Award for Fiction. With Roth's signature tipped-in. Publisher's black cloth. Shelfwear to covers, in toned and chipped dust-jacket, with staining to rear panel; tipped-in signature to ffep First edition of the author's first book.

Goodbye, Columbus is a novella plus five short stories by Philip Roth, which won the National Book Award in 1960, and is a reflection on Jewish and middle-class life in America.