Garden City, Doubleday, 1967. The second edition, revised, of his massive third novel, which was first published in 1960 and secured Barth's reputation as one of the leading experimental writers of his generation, and helped set the standard for the postmodern fiction that dominated the 1960s. Inscribed by the author to writer and critic Leslie Fiedler and his family: "For Fiedlers all, with love. Jack." An excellent association copy: Leslie Fiedler taught at SUNY Buffalo in the 1960s when Barth also taught there, both of them part of the "all-star" faculty recruited for the college, and while Barth was one of the preeminent postmodern writers of his time, Fiedler was the preeminent postmodern critic of the day. The two became good friends, and this is thus an excellent literary and personal association copy. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a 1" closed tear to the rear spine fold. [#028146] SOLD