Description
Signed first edition of Spence & Lila by Bobbie Ann Mason, with illustrations by LaNelle Mason.
Octavo, 176pp. Beige cloth spine, gray boards, title in gilt on spine. Stated “First Edition” on copyright page with full number line. Solid text block, a fine example. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $12.95 retail price on front flap, light foxing to top edge, a near fine example. Signed by the author and the illustrator on title page.
Bobbie Ann Mason (b. 1940) is a novelist, literary critic, and Pulitzer Prize finalist. Her first novel, In Country, was adapted into a film starring Bruce Willis and Emily Lloyd in 1989. Spence & Lila is her only novella.
