Old Love Isaac Bashevis Singer

New York: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 1979. SIGNED. VG/VG. First Edition. Stated First printing. Signed "Greetings I B Singer" on front endpaper. The book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and green cloth boards. Spine head pushed. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($10.95) with a tiny chip to the spine tail edge. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 273 pages. 5½ x 8½" “The brain wouldn't accept old age. It teemed with the same passions it had in his youth.” This classic collection explores the varieties of wisdom gained with age, especially those that teach us how to love. As in Singer’s other short story collections, “Old Love” is thematically diverse but largely confined to the experiences of the Jewish Diaspora, being set either in pre-war Poland or the United States. The most common character is someone similar to Singer: an aging scholar or writer who emigrated to the United States and enjoys rising fame.