When She Was Good by Roth, Philip - 1967

New York: Random House [1967], 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [10], 4-306, [4] pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine, spine with gold, reddish-purple, and blue lettering on the spine; purple topstain. Light green endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $5.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket design by Roy Kuhlman. Jacket photograph by Naomi Savage. Inscribed by Roth on the free front endpaper, to Naomi Savage, the dust jacket's photographer. The inscription is dated February of 1967. Philip Roth produced acclaimed fiction for over fifty years. This is his only novel to feature a female protagonist, and concerns her struggles in a small midwestern town in the 1940s. A fabulous association copy of Roth's third book. A tiny push to the top textblock; jacket has very light edge wear and a touch of foxing to the top edge of its reverse.