Description

FIRST EDITION of this collection of 12 early works and an original preface by Raymond Carver.
EDITION OF 140 SIGNED COPIESThis is one of 100 bound copies.

Most of the 11 poems in the collection first appeared between 1966 and 1968. The short story, The Hair, was published in 1963, 13 years before Carver's first collection.
Frontispiece on coated paper, photographic reproduction of Ronald J. Sloan's acrylic on paper The Thought.
The publisher's advertising card announcing the publication of the book is enclosed.

FIRST EDITION of this collection of 12 of Raymond Carver's early pieces.
Most of the 11 poems were first published between 1966 and 1968, while the short story, "The Hair", originally appeared in 1963 (13 years before the publication of Carver's first short story collection).
Original preface by Carver.
One of 100 copies bound in paper wrappers, after 40 hardbound copies.
Signed by the author on the colophon.

Tipped-in frontispiece on coated paper, Ronald J. Sloan's acrylic painting "The Thought".
Publishers' prosepectus laid in included.