By the 2001 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Review copy with review slip and b/w photo of author laid in. Blue paper boards with black cloth spine. Gilt lettering on spine and author's name in blue on front board. Edges of boards slightly faded. Dj has one 1/2 inch closed tear at top front edge. Bottom corner of Contents and Foreward pages (4 pages in all) creased. Otherwise clean and tight. Water stain along bottom edge of spine shows on verso of dj. In protective mylar jacket. Price intact. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.