The Love Child.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1979. First edition, publisher’s copy. 157 pp. Foxing along top edges, else near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Near fine acetate dust jacket. Designated ”Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Shelnutt. Laid-into this copy is a long TLS from Shelnutt to John and Barbara Martin about the publication of this, her first book.