Octavo (21.1 cm), [xii], 275pp. In price-clipped dust jacket with author's photo on rear panel. Boards full bound in publisher's black cloth with gilt and red stamping on the spine. Light shelf wear to jacket margins, brief rubbing at spine crown, and some pencil marks erased at the top corner of the front fold-over.
Some minor scrapes on the page edges and a name crossed out in marker on the front free endsheet. Collection of short stories which first appeared in The New Yorker, including that study in suburban upper class malaise The Swimmer. Subject: Fiction, First Editions, Signed. Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore located on historic Capitol Hill in Washington DC, with three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books. Note: Our online inventory is stored and managed at a separate location from at our brick and mortar shop. If you have a question about an item listed online, please send a direct message here rather than calling the store so that we can make sure someone familiar with the item in question can respond. Books described only as First Editions are First Printings unless otherwise specified. This listing was created by Bibliopolis.