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First edition (portions of this book appeared in Esquire and Cavalier) first printing of a near fine hardcover with one small bump on the front bottom corner, in a very good plus dustjacket with minor wear to the extremities, a small closed tear, a minor sticker pull and a small white mark on the front cover, some toning to the text block and a 3/4 inch closed tear on the top of the rear cover. Also some toning to the rear cover. It is also price clipped. Featuring Oedipa Maas whose duties as executor of her ex-boyfriend's will, leads her on a trail of mysteries and conspiracies. A satirical, postmodernist novel which won the 1967 Rosenthal Family Foundation Award. The author's scarce 2nd book.