Hood, Mary — Familiar Heat

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. This is the author's first novel (following two collections of short stories one of which won the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction). SIGNED by the novelist author at title page and with a marvelous, full-page dedicated inscription by the author to the former owner, complete with a marine illustration of a happy whale, signed and dated. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. [11], 4-451 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Fine/Fine,