Amazon.com description: Product Description: Hard Cover; Fine; Dust Jacket - Like New; Red cloth over blue boards, colorful jacket. Text is clean and tight, inscribed and signed by authhor on title page. Jacket has intact price, good color and gloss, no wear. Inscribed presentation copy signed by author in year of publication. A collection of short stories and a novella, this was the author's highly praised first book. We ship the same day or day after order is received. We pack carefully, with moisture protection, bubble wrap, and a cardboard "sandwich" to protect every book and ensure it arrives undamaged.