New York: Knopf, (1987). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 1,192 pp. Original quarter cream cloth over aegean blue paper-covered boards, stamped in gold, in original unclipped ($27.50) dust-jacket. Mild handling and shelf wear to jacket. Light edge wear, particularly to spine ends, tips and corners. Some wrinkling to spine ends. Rear flap creased vertically. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Mild handling & shelf wear. Panel edges lightly toned. Smudge to bottom text block. A sturdy copy. An author signed cut-out slip is laid in.

Dust Jacket: Near Fine

Hardcover: Near Fine

“Women and Men is Joseph McElroy's sixth novel. Published in 1987 (with a 1986 copyright), it is 1192 pages long. Somewhat notably, because of its size, the uncorrected proof was issued in two volumes. The size and complexity of the novel have led it to be compared with Ulysses, The Recognitions, and Gravity's Rainbow. The novel is 16th on the Wikipedia list of longest novels, and seventh among novels written in English, and the longest ever written in North America. There were two first editions—neither dates itself before the other. In April 1987, the first trade edition was published by Knopf. Ultramarine Press published a limited, numbered, signed edition, consisting of the Knopf edition (including its copyright and title page) rebound in leather. One month later, Knopf issued a second printing, with an expanded copyright/acknowledgements page.”