Why Time Begins on Opening Day [Signed and Inscribed]

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1984. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: Doubleday & Company, 1984. Stated First Edition. Octavo (21cm); 300pp. Publisher’s pictorial dust jacket with $14.95 price intact; boards quarter-bound in green and red cloth with gilt stamping to spine. Jacket bumped and scuffed with tears forming at spine ends; spine, flaps, and verso lightly toned. Boards bumped at spine ends; some fading. Binding sound. Top edge of textblock foxed; small stain at first free endsheet; interior pages clean. Overall Very Good or better. Signed and inscribed by the author at first free endsheet.

Inscription reads, “To Joy, I hope you enjoy these pieces despite the consistent sarcasm toward your Phillies. Good luck and best wishes, Tom Boswell.”.