Book has a stain on the lower corner area of the rear free end paper; otherwise fine. Signed by the author with a non-personalised "All the best/ Jerzy Kosinski" on the front free end paper together with his squiggle drawing of what appears to be a caricature of the title of his famous first novel The Painted Bird (this being his second novel and winner of the 1969 National Book Award for fiction). Mylar-protected, unclipped, unfaded dust wrapper has two 1/8" closed tears and related crease at heel of the spine; otherwise fine.

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Title: Steps
Author: Kosinsky, Jerzy
Publisher: Random House, New York
Publication year: 1968
Condition: Fine
Dust jacket: Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition

James N. Beal

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I live in Toronto, Canada and have been a collector of modern first editions, principally fiction, for over 30 years. Because of its size in both quantity and value, I am reducing the former and liquidating the latter.

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My bookseller name is: James N.Beal. My address is: 101-349 St. Clair Ave. West, Toronto, Ontario, M5P 1N3, CANADA. My e-mail address is: jimbeal@rogers.com. and my telephone# is: 416-927-9261. Payment can be made by Paypal, check or bank draft in US or Cdn funds or by Visa or Mastercard through AbeBooks. Shipment will be made by Canada Post (air or surface). Shipping and insurance will be billed at cost. Insurance is recommended over $100. A book is returnable and refundable if not as described. However, please contact me with the reason for the return before doing so. If error is mine, I will pay for shipping both ways using same shipping method each way. If error is yours, I will refund the price of the book. Packaging: All books are bubble-wrapped and shipped in a sturdy box. Descriptions of books for sale: All significant defects, if any, are described together with a statement of general condition exclusive of such defects. General condition categories are, in descending order, As new, Very fine, Fine, Very good and Good, sometimes with a + or -. First edition always means first printing or first impression.

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