A Fan’s Notes

New York: Harper & Row (1968). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 385 pp. Original quarter purple cloth over orange paper-covered boards, stamped in black, silver, in original unclipped ($6.95) dust-jacket. Edge wear with chipping and fraying to spine ends and corners, slight scratches and scuffs, a few small tears. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Light abrasion to front panel. Light wear to edges and some bumps to panel edges. Mild curling to spine ends. Signed by the author and dedicated on the front pastedown. Review copy with materials laid in.

Dust Jacket: Very Good

Hardcover: Very Good

“A Fan's Notes is a 1968 novel by Frederick Exley. Subtitled "A Fictional Memoir" and categorized as fiction, the book is semi-autobiographical. In a brief "Note to the Reader" in the opening pages, Exley writes: "Though the events in this book bear similarity to those of that long malaise, my life...I have drawn freely from the imagination and adhered only loosely to the pattern of my past life. To this extent, and for this reason, I ask to be judged a writer of fantasy." Since its publication the book has been reprinted several times and achieved a cult following. A Fan's Notes was briefly featured in the documentary film Stone Reader as an example of a brilliant debut novel.”