Lot 187
Roth, Philip (1933 -) American author; winner of many literary awards, including the 1997 Pulitzer prize. Document Signed twice, initialled twice, and accomplished in Roth's hand, one page, 11 x 8½ inches, n.p., n.d. An "Authorization to Publish the Work." Roth selects pages 39-50 from Portnoy's Complaint to be used as a representation of his work in the book, This Is My Best, to be published by Doubleday & Company, Inc. He signs at the bottom as the "Author," and on the line giving the copyright line. Portnoy's Complaint, published in 1969, was in the form of a monologue framed as a psychoanalytical session. Its explicit sexuality was very controversial.
Estimated Value $200 - 300
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