Dearest

by Peter Loughran

Briarcliff Manor, NY: Stein and Day Publishers, 1983

Hardcover. 192 pages. 6-1/8" x 9-1/4".

Very good in good, unclipped ($14.95) dust jacket.

Interior bright, clean & unmarked. Light soiling & a couple of faint, superficial stains to top edge of page block. Binding firm & square. Covers have mild sunning along top edges of boards; softening to spine ends. Dust jacket has tear at top front corner of spine with a bit of loss to corner & at head of spine; rubbing & wear along edges & at corners, with several tears & creases to top edge; wear along flap folds. DJ comes protected by new, archival cover.

A solid copy of the first edition of Loughran's "strange, gruesome and funny first novel." Scarce.

Ships well-packed in a box.