Idiots First, Bernard Malamud. First Edition, Signed & Inscribed to Howard and Peggy Nemerov.

Idiots First, Bernard Malamud First edition, first printing of Malamud's second collection of short stories, inscribed by Malamud to Pulitzer Prize winning poet Howard Nemerov and his wife Margaret ("Peggy"). A fantastic association between two Pulitzer Prize winners.  New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1963. Publisher's original cloth-backed boards; pp. (x), 212. A near fine copy in a near fine, unclipped dust jacket. Binding sturdy and square, minimal wear to boards with traces of foxing to text block edges. Jacket shows just light shelfwear, protected in archival mylar.