NY, Harper & Row, (1964). A collection of stories. Inscribed by the author in 1979. The year after publishing this collection, Cheever received the William Dean Howells Medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for the most distinguished fiction to appear in a five-year period -- during which he published this book as well as The Wapshot Scandal and one other collection of stories. Bookplate removal front pastedown and erasures to front flyleaf; still near fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with light wear to the spine extremities and a small gutter nick on the rear panel. Most signed copies of this title were issued by the publisher with a signature on a tipped-in leaf. [#026714] SOLD