Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1965. Ringbound galleys of Kosinski's highly praised first novel, a powerful tale of a young Polish boy trapped during German occupation in World War II. Publisher's specs written in hand on copyright page; publisher's summary page with author bio tipped inside the front cover: this sheet closely parallels the dust jacket copy. No apparent textual differences between the galleys and the published book except that the extraneous line that appears on page 270 of the first issue of the book does not appear in the galleys. A bit of rubbing, handling and creasing to the covers but a solidly very good copy, with a copy of the title page pasted to the front cover. A very scarce proof copy of one of the key books of the 1960s; we have never seen another example of the proof and no copy of it shows up in the auction records, at least as far back as the mid-1970s. [#027641] SOLD