Near fine in illustrated wrappers (usual toning to the pages) First edition - First printing, a trade paperback original, not issued in hardcover. Very uncommon early collection of this California author's short stories - the title story has been frequently anthologized; the realism of the description of depressed downtown Stockton and the small town in the Sierras is effectively combined with his deceptive simplicity of language. A title in the Gusto Press Regional Series (Central Valley, California). 125 pp.