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FIRST BOOK, INSCRIBED TO LARRY KRAMER CLAVELL, JAMES. King Rat. 8vo, publisher's yellow-beige cloth, spine lettered in green, light age-toning to spine and upper extremities; dust jacket, spine panel darkened with 1-inch long chip to foot not affecting lettering, portions toned, folds rubbed slightly. Boston: Little, Brown, (1962)
first edition, first printing. presentation copy to larry kramer, inscribed to him in the year of publication, reading in full: "This is for Larry Kramer - not because he is a friend of Mr. Big (Little, Brown) - but because he liked a story whispered to me on an ancient wind - and because, too, of understanding. Salam al likim [approximate phonetization of traditional Arabic salutation], Oct. 29 [19]'62. Jamie." Interesting association copy to Kramer, who rose to prominence in the 70s as an author, gay-rights activist and founder of ACT UP. Kramer and Clavell would have met at this time when Kramer, then an unknown, was working in Hollywood rewriting scripts for Columbia Pictures.
