Unsigned first edition of Bernard Malamud's debut novel: The Natural. First edition. NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1952. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.25, 237 pages. Book condition: VG/VG, with some creasing, chipping, and small toned tape remnants to the clipped dust jacket, and some light staining and paper loss to the rear upper corner of the jacket. A desirable example of this classic baseball novel, which was famously adapted for the screen in 1984, starring Robert Redford as Roy Hobbs.
