Pond

New York: Riverhead, (2015). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 195 pp. Original quarter sea green cloth basil green paper-covered boards, stamped in copper, in original unclipped ($26.00) dust-jacket. Light surface scratches to gloss, fine. Light curling to spine ends, with light edge wear. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. A few bumps and nicks to panel edges. A few smudges to bottom text block. Interior is clean and unmarked.

Dust Jacket: Fine

Hardcover: Near Fine

“Feverish and forthright, Pond is an absorbing chronicle of the pitfalls and pleasures of a solitudinous life told by an unnamed woman living on the cusp of a coastal town. Broken bowls, belligerent cows, swanky aubergines, trembling moonrises and horrifying sunsets, the physical world depicted in these stories is unsettling yet intimately familiar and soon takes on a life of its own. Captivated by the stellar charms of seclusion but restless with desire, the woman's relationship with her surroundings becomes boundless and increasingly bewildering. Claire-Louise Bennett's startlingly original first collection slips effortlessly between worlds and is by turns darkly funny and deeply moving.”