ACTS OF LOVE

New York: Knopf, 1978. First edition. Paperback. A very good plus copy sunned a little at spine (ink mark to bottom edge (k). Small 4to. The uncorrected proof (tall galley) measuring 5 1/4 by 10 3/4 inches. Perfect bound in green printed wrappers. Taped to the front cover is a notice that this title is to be 'An Alternate Selection of the Literary Guild" along with the ISBN number and publication date, July 10. A beautiful and strongly sexual young woman seeks security and certainty within her husband's Greek-American family but is soon on the move again, (truncated) toward an inevitable final reckoning. 297 pages. (Inventory #: 14544)