FAITH AND THE GOOD THING. A Novel
New York: Viking Press, (1974). Second printing. Hardcover. Author's first book. This copy bears the author's 7-line inscription on the front endpaper dated 19/4/79. "Dick / I must apologize, deeply, for missing your / class last week --- my students kept me pinned in the / office until it was too late --- but I wanted to give you / a copy of my novel, partly because I hope you'll / enjoy it, and partly in thanks for your friendship / your support, and the delightful time I had on / your program, "Postscript to Roots." / Many thanks / Charles Johnson / 19/4/79." Two printed sheets laid in, on 'Charles Johnson' letterhead. Page 2, highlighted with a pencil mark, is the program he mentions above in his inscription, "Panelist on "University Conversations: Postscript to Roots" Summer 1978. A fine copy in yellow and orange cloth in a very good dust jacket with a small V chip to the top of the rear panel of the dust jacket. Item #13523
ISBN: 0670305693
Price: $250.00