INSTRUCTIONS
- This instruction box will not print.
- Preferably, use a perforating wheel to cut,
but in lack of such, you can cut along lines with a scalpel,
taking care to not cut all the way to the edge.
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Very Good. 12mo. Inscribed by Saroyan in blue ink on the integral blank, with some additional notes in pencil; leaves lightly toned, one or two stray spots. Publishers wraps with photographic portrait of Saroyan on the cover; wraps browned with some stray soiling, minor creasing. First edition, warmly inscribed by Saroyan, and with an interesting provenance. A note on the initial blank, under the inscription, notes that it once belonged to the poet Peter Riley, a major figure in the British Poetry Revival and the Cambridge School. The note, dated March 1996, also states, without context, Ed B.