Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Roth, Philip. My Life As a Man. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very attractive copy with some fraying to the bottom edge in a very attractive dust jacket that has some minor rubbing. Inscribed by Roth on the first blank and signed "Philip/(Roth, Philip)"
Seller: Black Dog Books, Emerson, NJ, U.S.A.
Roth, Philip. My Life As a Man (SIGNED). Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York, NY, 1974.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st Edition/1st Printing. SIGNED by author on title page (signature only). small stain top top page edges. $8.95 price present on DJ flap; mylar protected. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.
Roth, Philip. My Life As a Man. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: SIGNED, without inscription, by Philip Roth on a non'publisher's tipped in page. The volume is bumped oh the spine ends. The unclipped dust jacket, protected in a sleeve, is edge rubbed with corner and spine end chips.
Seller: Trilby & Co. Books, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Philip Roth. My Life as a Man. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1974.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A lovely first printing, first edition of Philip Roth's highly-acclaimed seventh book [Holt, Rinehart & Winston New York 1974]. The book is in nearly fine condition and is signed by author Philip Roth directly on the title page. The book has no remainder marks, a tight and square binding, with no owner inscriptions or highlighting and no staining or marking. The dust jacket is also in nearly fine condition, not price-clipped ($8.95 ), with no creases, chips or tears and minimal shelf wear at the spine. It is now protected by an archival cover which is easily removable. Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information. Originally listed at $375- Now on sale at $200
Seller: C&S Books, Windsor, ON, Canada
ROTH, Philip. MY LIFE AS A MAN (SIGNED). Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1974.
Price: US$257.33 + shipping
Description: Signed First US Edition, Presentation copy. Very good plus condition in very good unclipped dust jacket. Inscribed by Roth to Julius and dated April 1974 (To Julius, another one for the mob). Julius is believed to be the painter Julius Goldstein who was married to the writer Joan Aitken, both close friends of Philip Roth. The dust jacket shows signs of wear and has a few nicks, particularly to the head and tail of the spine (see photo).
Seller: Surrey Hills Books, Cranleigh, United Kingdom
Roth, Philip. My Life as a Man. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974.
Price: US$287.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book shows light wear to read cloth covers with gilt print at spine and "PR" at lower front cover. Handsome book. Binding is solid and square, corners a lightly bumped, foxing at page ends, paper is age-toned; exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Inscribed on front end paper to Bud "Best of times in Europe and beyond" and signed and dated by the author.
Seller: Pistil Books Online, IOBA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Philip Roth. My Life as a Man (Signed First Edition). Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1974.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Philip Roth's seventh novel. Light foxing to the page fore-edges, else Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket with light rubbing and scratching, with toning at the extremities.
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing. Octavo (23.25cm); red cloth, with titling and author's initials stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dark grey topstain; dustjacket; [xiv],330,[8]pp. Inscribed by the author two months prior to publication to Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Alison Lurie, following the front endpaper: "April 1974 / To my dear old pal Alison / With love Philip." Spine a bit rolled, board edges slightly splayed, else contents clean; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $8.95), lightly edgeworn, with a diagonal crease to upper front flap fold, and a few thin scratches along the rear joint; Very Good+. Roth's eighth novel, and the first to feature his recurring character Nathan Zuckerman, who over the following decade would figure prominently in The Ghost Writer (1979), Zuckerman Unbound (1981), The Anatomy Lesson (1983), and The Prague Orgy (1985). A significant association copy inscribed to Alison Lurie (1926-2020), winner of the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and one of the dedicatees of Roth's third novel, When She Was Good. When Lurie was interviewed by Liz Lear in 1988 and asked if any other writers had been supportive of her work, or if there was one in particular to whom she owed a debt of gratitude, she mentioned Edward Hower, Diane Johnson, and Roth. "Philip Roth has also been most helpful. He read a number of my earlier books and his constructive criticism was invaluable" (Key West Review, Vol.1, No.1, Spring 1988). Roth was known for not inscribing books casually, and those with inscriptions of a close, meaningful nature, have never been plentiful.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Roth, Philip. MY LIFE AS A MAN INSCRIBED TO GORDON LISH. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York, 1974.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing. Octavo (23.25cm); red cloth, with titling and author's initials stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dark grey topstain; dustjacket; [xiv],330,[8]pp. With a pre-publication inscription from Roth to Gordon Lish on the preliminary blank: "May 1974 / To Gordon - For his kinds words + deeds - Philip." A few terminal leaves with dog-eared corners smoothed-out, else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $8.95), lightly edgeworn, with some caint creasing to front panel, and a faint paper-clip impression along upper edge of same; Very Good+. Housed in a custom clamshell case. Roth's eighth novel, and the first to feature his recurring character Nathan Zuckerman, who over the following decade would figure prominently in The Ghost Writer (1979), Zuckerman Unbound (1981), The Anatomy Lesson (1983), and The Prague Orgy (1985). A significant association copy, warmly inscribed to Gordon Lish; they became acquainted when Lish, then the literary editor as Esquire, published portions of this novel prior to publication.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.