Scars Make Your Body More Interesting by Jaffe, Sherril - 1975

Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. An acclaimed collection of early short stories by Sherril Jaffe, the award-winning author & educator. The stories are quite short, most a page or partial page in length, a few consisting of just one short sentence. Many reside between prose & prose-poetry. One of a limited first edition of 200 hardcover copies hand-numbered & signed by Jaffe at the colophon, this is copy No. 41/200. With illustrations by David Bromige opposite & relating to some of the stories. A beautiful, exemplary Black Sparrow production; & a key Jaffe collectible. Book in fine condition with only mild-to-moderate rubbing & spotting to front & rear boards; light wear at edges & corners of same & cloth spine; light spotting to edges of text block, esp. upper edge. Interior very fine, almost mint. Publisher's clear plastic protective jacket in near-fine condition with mild rubbing & scratching to front, back covers & spine; chips with slight loss of plastic at spine-edges & corners; one short closed, angled tear at & near upper right corner of front board; slight inner folding of lower side edge of front flap.