By Grand Central Station, I Sat Down and Wept – Elizabeth Smart

First edition thus, first Canadian edition, first printing. Dedicated and signed by Smart “with best wishes to Mary Ann.” Rare as such. Published by Deneau, Ottawa (where Smart grew up), 1981. Fine in a fine unclipped dust jacket. An absolute classic and in lovely collectable condition. 

“The long days seduce all thought away, and we lie like the lizards in the sun, postponing our lives indefinitely.”

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