NMLP P-039188 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

The Assistant

Bernard Malamud · Farrar, Straus and Cudahy (New York) · 1957

The jacket rear panel carries five book reviews — reviews of Malamud's first book, The Natural; one ABAA dealer designates this the first-state jacket, though a distinct later jacket state is asserted by only that single source and should be treated as unconfirmed

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-039188 for "The Assistant" by Bernard Malamud (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-039188, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).