Description

Édition originale - mention "First edition" à la page de copyright - signée par l'auteur à la page de titre.
L'ouvrage est enrichi d'un billet autographe signé de l'auteur :

"Dear Ms/Mr? Hart
Many thanks for your kind letter.
I do occasionally speak to groups, and ordinarily I am paid between *500-1,000*
I'm afraid the first figure is minimum; otherwise, the speech preparation + travel time is just too costly.
With best wishes
Sincerely
Peter Mathiessen
*not including travel"

Ce roman proche du poème en prose, à la typographie expérimentale, porte sur un groupe de pêcheurs de tortue des îles Cayman, et est en partie écrit dans leur dialecte.

First edition (stated), first printing. Signed by the author on the title page.
Author's signed note slipped in:

"Dear Ms/Mr? Hart
Many thanks for your kind letter.
I do occasionally speak to groups, and ordinarily I am paid between *500-1,000*
I'm afraid the first figure is minimum; otherwise, the speech preparation + travel time is just too costly.
With best wishes
Sincerely
Peter Mathiessen
*not including travel"

Pictorial dustjacket designed by Kenneth Miyamoto, price unclipped (corners and spine-ends ever so slightly rubed).
Publisher's boards, blue cloth spine lettered in dark blue, author's initials in dark blue on upper board, illustrated endpapers (edges slightly sunned).
Ownership mark in blind stamp to first endpaper and half-title page ("Thomas T. Hart / 835 San Jose SE / Grand Rapids, MI 49506")