Malamud, Bernard — The Tenants

New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine novel by the beloved Jewish novelist Bernard Malamud and with a memorable cast of characters including the protagonist Harry Lesser, a writer, another writer, the African-American Willie Spearmint, the white Jewish young woman Irene Bell and the extortive landlord Lievenspiel. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. 230 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Very Good,