first edition
1977 · New York
by Eve Babitz
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. First Edition. Octavo. 178pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $7.95 price present. Pale gray cloth over cream paper-covered boards; dark red topstain. A few chips to extremities with brief split to front fold; spine toned. Boards shelfworn with adjacent toning and mild bowing to boards approaching fore-edge. Binding sound and pages unmarked. A Very Good copy of Babitz's second work, ten stories from "that other planet, rickety myth, demi-paradise that is L.A.," (from front flap), following her debut from three years prior, "Eve's Hollywood. (Inventory #: 32357)