William Kennedy — Legs

New York, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A smart first printing of this gripping novel about the gangster Jack 'Legs' Diamond, signed by the author, William Kennedy. The first edition, first printing.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Legs' is a brilliant novel about the life of the gangster Jack 'Legs' Diamond, told from the point of view of his lawyer, Marcus Gorman. Legs was a bootlegger during the Prohibition, and was known was the "clay pigeon of the underworld", as he survived many attempts on his life.By William Kennedy, this is the first book in his Albany Cycle. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Very light shelf wear to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spots to the top and fore edge. Dust wrapper is very lightly edge worn with a few light rubbing and handling marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.