First edition, first impression. xiv, 220pp. Black publisher's cloth-covered boards, gilt-stamped lettering on the spine. Illustrated endpapers. 12mo. Bump to lower leading corner, slightly pushed at spine ends. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original illustrated dust wrapper, gently rubbed on corners and spine ends.
From the author of Ex Libris. WorldCat summary:"Butterflies, ice-cream, writing at night, playing word games...in this witty, intimate and delicious book Anne Fadiman ruminates on her passions, both literary and everyday. From mourning the demise of letter-writing to revealing a monumental crush on Charles Lamb, from Balzac's coffee addiction to making ice-cream from Liquid Nitrogen, she draws us into a world of hedonistic pleasures and literary delights.".
