Raymond Carver. 
 
Illustrated by Carl Dern. 
 
Jungle Garden Press: 1988. First edition. Distinctive folded wraps resembling elephant skin. Side stitched at the spine. Octavo. 1 of only 200 copies. Unpaginated. Near fine.Signed by author and illustrator. 
 
If you haven't read this short story, go read it now. The hold his heartbreaking, life affirming stories have on the reader is as complete here as anywhere in the oeuvre, and like Carver, this book's production does California, its people and book culture, proud. This edition holds a signature more special than most signed books because it is one of only 200 copies and Carver signed it in the last year of his life. 
 
"I knew it was a mistake to let my brother have the money. I didn't need anybody else owing me."