James Salter.
 
The Modern Library: 1995. Small octavo. First Modern Library printing. Flat signed by Salter on the title page. Book is near fine, unclipped jacket is very good. 
 
“Certain things I remember exactly as they were. They are merely discolored a bit by time, like coins in the pocket of a forgotten suit. Most of the details, though, have long since been transformed or rearranged to bring others of them forward. Some, in fact, are obviously counterfeit; they are no less important. One alters the past to form the future.”