A Fan’s Notes

Near Fine purple quarter cloth over orange boards, 385 pages. Dust jacket shows rubbing to base & few small nicks & closed tears to crown of spine & front panel, as well as 1/8 inch closed tear to rear; otherwise healthy. This copy is SIGNED “Sincerely Fred Exley” on title page. It bears previous owner’s name (“Gartland”) on front free endpaper. While First Edition is not stated, the code 1-S on copyright page indicates it is such, as in September 1968. The rear flap bears small price sticker from Robinson’s Book Store, Watertown, New York, which was Exley’s home town.