Description
Signed first edition of What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver.
Octavo, 159pp. Blue hardcover with title in gilt on navy blue cloth spine. Stated “First Edition” on copyright page. Solid text block, light toning and wear to top and bottom edge, otherwise fine. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $9.95 retail price on front flap, small piece of tape to bottom edge of verso, faint shelf wear, a near fine example.
Signed by the author on the title page: “For — Raymond Carver / Feb. 1984.”
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love was Raymond Carver’s second published collection of short stories, including titles like “Mr. Coffee and Mr. Fixit,” “Tell the Women we’re Going,” and “Popular Mechanics.”
