Description
First U.K. edition, first impression of The Natural by Bernard Malamud.
Octavo, 248pp. Blue hardcover, title in silver on spine. Stated “First published in Great Britain in 1963” on copyright page with no additional printings listed. Solid text block, foxing along edges and endpapers, a near fine example. In the publisher’s dust jacket, 21s net retail price on front flap, faint soiling to rear panel, near fine.
The Natural, a novel by Bernard Malamud published in 1952, is a baseball-themed work of fiction that tells the story of Roy Hobbs, a gifted but flawed ballplayer whose career is derailed by personal failings and misfortune. The Natural was Malamud’s debut novel and was later adapted into a 1984 film of the same name starring Robert Redford.
