First Edition, First Printing. Signed by Chappell on the title page. North Carolina poet and novelist's first novel about a writer who quits his publishing job and tries to deal with the events of his past while turning to the bottle and alienating his family. Fine in cloth-backed boards and a very good plus pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped) with light wear to the head of the spine and one corner. Small octavo. 183 pages. A wonderful copy.