Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Stated First Edition. True first printing

Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Stated First Edition. True first printing published in America in January 1975. Dk. grey cloth boards, lt. grey cloth spine wrap, silver spine titles. Deckled pages fine, clean. Dj slight edge wear; unclipped 6.95, protected in new clear sleeve. Classic, sparse '70's jacket art of lady on people mover in perspective on white b.g. A novel akin to dystopic science fiction by Sumner Locke Elliott; author of Edens Lost and The Man Who Got Away. Elliot's fifth novel, this tiny gem is a fightening tale of a dystopian future and romantic past-ironic and witty, funny and sad, filled with poetic tenderness. Elliott won the 1977 Patrick White Award and received a Miles Franklin for his first novel Careful, He Might Hear You. 170 pages. Insured post.