The Beet Queen. Signed by Louise Erdrich. First Edition, First Printing. Henry Holt. New York, 1986.

Louise Erdrich has steadily published exceptional fiction for the last four decades. The success of her first novel, Love Medicine, all but guaranteed her a writer’s life. Yet her recognition as one of the best American writers of the era has been slow to follow. In the last 10 years, however, 

she has won both the National Book Award for Fiction and the Pulitzer Prize, and literary historians are at once placing her (rightfully so) among America’s greatest writers. The Beet Queen is her second novel. It is also the second installment of the Love Medicine series. Like most of Erdrich’s works, it is rich with endearing characters whose familial bonds cause both strife and fulfillment.

This first edition, first printing is signed by Erdrich on the title page. It is in fine condition. In the original quarter cloth, fine. Text block fine. In the original dust jacket, fine.

A fine signed first edition of Erdrich’s second novel.