Description
First edition, first printing of Ironweed: A Novel by William Kennedy.
Octavo, [12], 227pp, [1]. Black hardcover, title in silver on gray spine. Stated “First published in 1983 by The Viking Press” on copyright page. Solid text block, dust remnants along edges. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $14.75 retail price on front flap, light shelf wear with faint cup ring on front panel. A near fine example.
Ironweed received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1984.












