NY: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1967. First edition. Octavo. 220pp. Blue cloth boards; black and gold spine lettering; dust jacket. Light bumping to top corners. Some faint, inoffensive foxing to textblock edges. Unclipped ("$4.50") jacket with a 1" closed tear at head of front panel, wear and some short creased tears at spine ends, and light foxing along flap fore-edges. A near fine copy in very good jacket. Uncommon first edition of the American writer's first adult novel and second published work, following her 1966 children's book Maurice's Room.
