Description
FIRST EDITION illustrated with 4 woodcuts by Marcia/maris.
This Raymond Carver short story is the first to appear in book form.
ONE OF 75 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR and bound by Emily Paine (an edition of 500 paperback copies was published simultaneously).
Copy n°1Also signed on the title page.
SEND AUTOGRAPH SIGNED on the false title :
"For Dorothy,
well met in
Hattiesburg.
Ray. Carver
3.3.83"
FIRST EDITION. The first of Raymond Carver's works of fiction to be published in book form, illustrated with 4 block prints by Marcia/Maris. Number 1 of 75 handbound copies that were SIGNED by the author (published alongside 500 unsigned copies in wrappers). The author also signed on the title page and INSCRIBED it on the half-title:
"For Dorothy,
well met in
Hattiesburg.
Ray. Carver
3.3.83"
Illustrated publisher's boards (binding by Emily Paine). Slight loss of paper on spine.