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129 pp. 6 1/4 x 9 1/2. Green cloth covered boards stamped in gold on front and spine. Glossy gray dj. No damage or markings noted.

Signed by the author on the title page. The book is unmarked; spine slanted but uncreased; some creasing and edgewear to the wraps; Mylar protected.

Softcover. First softcover edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page, and SIGNED again, with date and inscription, on the dedication page ("Bored Loaf, '95") . Illustrated covers are clean and sharp, slight uplift to corners. Book is firm in binding, crisp interior. In Fine + condition. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 129 pages; Signed by Author

Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Very Good+. First Edition in clean unchipped dust jacket. Clean green cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean. Red endpapers. No names, writing or marks. 129 pages. Winner of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize for 1988. Dust jacket is clean, unchipped, no wear, some fading to spine background; nice photo of author on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.

DJ has sunned spine.

First edition. A short red line on the front fly, else fine in fine dust jacket.

PB/pub.1988/Fair condition/129 pages - These stories display an enviable verbal panache, a wacky inventiveness, and, from time to time, a directness and honesty that makes you squirm. Black experience in both Africa and America. [KI123493]

8vo, pp. 129. Green cloth. A nice copy in price-clipped and little soiled dj. Ten short stories; winner of the eighth Drue Heinz Literature Prize for short fiction.