Octavo, jacket illustration by Richard Powers, cloth. The author's first book. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-15]. An about near fine copy, moderate dust soiling to top edge, free end papers show some offsetting in a very good plus dust jacket some mild rubbing to fold and extremities, light shelf wear to head of spine panel, small closed tear with fold to upper right corner, touch of color fading to spine panel lettering. (6247).