Willie Masters' Lonesome Wife

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($3.95), bumped and with some short tears and shallow chips at the edges. Black cloth with silver gilt lettering on the spine, a thin strip of fading at the top edge. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The first separate appearance of this novella, which first appeared in TriQuarterly Magazine. "It is the story of a lady who is lonesome and sad because she is not the same anymore, her breasts sagging, her spirit flagging, her world falling down--and apart--with a sigh and a yawn.