Farewell, Philip Roth

"If I should learn, in some quite causal way,

   That you were gone, not to return again -

Read from the back-page of a paper, say,

   Held by a neighbor in a subway train,

...

I should but watch the station lights rush by

   With a more careful interest on my face,

Or raise my eyes and read with greater care

Where to store furs and how to treat the hair."

 1959. Goodbye, Columbus, first trade edition. Back of dust jacket. Credit: Sanford Roth

 1962. Letting Go, first trade edition. Back of dust jacket. Credit: Nancy Sirkis

 1969. Portnoy's Complaint, first trade edition. Back flap of dust jacket. Credit: Ann Mudge

 1979. The Ghost Writer, The Franklin Library: The First Edition Society. in Notes from the Editors. Credit: Norman Walker

 1981. Zuckerman Unbound, The Franklin Library: The First Edition Society. in Notes from the Editors. Credit: Michael Deas

 1983. The Anatomy Lesson, The Franklin Library: The Signed First Edition Society. Book's frontispiece. Credit: Burt Silverman

 1990. Deception, first trade edition. Back of dust jacket. Credit: Nancy Crampton

 1991. Patrimony, first trade edition. Back of dust jacket. Credit: Nancy Crampton

 2006. Everyone, first trade edition. Back of dust jacket. Credit: Nancy Crampton

 2007. Exit Ghost, first trade edition. Back of dust jacket. Credit: Nancy Crampton

2009. The Humbling, first trade edition. Back of dust jacket. Credit: Nancy Crampton