Author: Graham, Philip.
Title: The Art of the Knock.
Description: New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc. 1985. 1985. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR TO THE NOVELIST ERIC KRAFT, CREATOR OF THE CHARACTER PETER LEROY - Octavo, light blue boards backed with a white cloth spine, titled in gilt on the spine, in a color pictorial creamy white dust wrapper. The dust jacket is slightly soiled and toned with a tiny tear to the bottom edge of the front panel and a small chip to the top of the front fold. 177 & [1] pages. Very good.

First edition of the author Philip Graham's first book.

Signed and dated "7/13/92" by Philip Graham on the title page. The book is additionally inscribed on the half-title to the novelist Eric Kraft "To Eric Kraft - With my complete admiration for all your Follies, large and small, all best Philip Graham".

"In this remarkable collection by Philip Graham, a traveling salesman knocks with inventive delight, hoping to open their doors and consider his outlandish products.. Behind these doors, in stories of dazzling virtuosity that are by turns funny, frightening, and sad, we see his potential customers.."

Eric Kraft (b. 1944), the American novelist to whom the book is inscribed, is the author of "Little Follies" and "The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences and Observations of Peter Leroy". Very good .

Keywords: LITERATURE; SHORT STORIES; FICTION; THE ART OF THE KNOCK; PHILIP GRAHAM; INSCRIBED; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; ERIC KRAFT; PETER LEROY.

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