Lucia Berlin. 
 
Light brown textured paper wraps with black text and images, string-bound, housed in its original, unsealed printed envelope. The envelope has a small stain and is toned (see photographs) with some wear along the edges, but the book itself is pristine. 20 pages. Near fine book in a very good envelope. Rare.
 
Holy grail for Berlin collectors, especially after the posthumous publication of her short stories under the same title became a shock bestseller in 2015. From the collection of a former printer at Zephyrus Image. Berlin's first publication. 
 
“Most American women are very uncomfortable about having servants. They don’t know what to do while you are there.”