Kinsey and Me, a Collection of Short Stories by Grafton, Sue - 1991

Oxnard, Ca. : Bench Press , 1991. Beautiful copy of limited first edition in which only 300 copies were made. Quarter bound in marroon over gray boards. Crisp, unread copy. From the library of Sue Grafton with nice label stating such on front pastedown. Provenance can be provided. This one is unnumbered and not signed. Housed in handsome maroon slipcase with no flaws. Endpapers handmarbled and the book is Smythe-sewn, and bound in fine linen and hand made paper, with a linen bound slipcase. Printed on 80 pound felt-finish paper. . Limited and Signed First Edition. Hardccover. Fine/No Jacket (In slipcase). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Bench Press, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good. . First ed, stated. Number 161 of only 300 copies SIGNED by author on page near back. No jacket, as issued. Dark red cloth spine, grey boards, dark red cloth slipcase. Minor shelf wear to slipcase ONLY. Otherwise NF.

Santaq Barbara, CA: Bench Press, 1991. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/Slipcase. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on title page in her uniquely beautiful calligraphic hand. In KINSEY AND ME, Sue Grafton has given us stories that reveal Kinsey's origins and Sue's past. KINSEY AND M has two parts: The nine Kinsey stories (1986-93), each a gem of detection; and the And Me stories, written in the decade after Grafton's mother died. Together, they show just how much of Kinsey is a distillation of her creator's past even as they reveal a child who, free of parental interventions, read everything and roamed everywhere. But the dark side of such freedom was that very parental distance. The same feisty voice and witty apercus readers fell in love with in A Is for Alibi permeate the Kinsey stories. Those in the And Me section trace a remarkable voyage, from anger to understanding, from pain to forgiveness. They take us into a troubled family, dysfunctional as most families are, each in… Read More

Santa Barbara: Bench Press, 1991. First Edition. Fine. A fine copy in a fine slipcase; issued without dust jacket. Number 30 of 300 copies signed and numbered by the author. There are 2 introductions by the author: the first for the 8 Kinsey Millhone stories collected here for the first time; the second for the 8 "me" stories featuring "Kit Blue" all but one unpublished. As issued, in publisher's slipcase.