Item No: #307108 The Old Men. John Gardner.
The Old Men
The Old Men

John Gardner's Ph.D. Thesis, Signed

The Old Men

Notes: A print-on-demand reprint of this novel, which Gardner submitted as his doctoral thesis at the University of Iowa in 1958. At some point, collectors and dealers figured out that one could order up copies of this, Gardner's first novel, which was available like any other doctoral thesis. Each copy was printed on demand so it is impossible to say which copy was the first. This, dated 1975, is earlier than most, however.

673 pages (printed on one side of each leaf).

Edition + Condition: A fine copy in blue cloth. No jacket, as issued. Signed by Gardner on the title-page.

You can still have University Microfilm's successor company print a copy for you, but you haven't been able to get one signed for nearly 40 years.

Publication: Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 1975.

Item No: #307108

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