Description
The first edition of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon, in the publisher’s fine dust jacket.
Octavo, [12], 639pp, [5]. Cream hardcover, title in gilt on cloth spine. Stated “First Edition” on copyright page with publisher’s full number line. Clean text block, a fine example. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $26.95 retail price on front flap, gray “Seize Fool” speech bubble on front flap, no reviews on the rear panel, a fine example.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay tells the story of two Jewish cousins, Joe Kavalier and Sam Clay, and their contributions to the Golden Age of comic books during the chaos of World War II. This novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2001, and is considered by the New York Review of Books of be Chabon’s “magnum opus” (2007).
