GUN, WITH OCCASIONAL MUSIC. New York, San Diego, London: Harcourt Brace & Company, [1994]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition, first printing with "A" in letter code. "In this well done, darkly humorous first novel set in a near-future Oakland, California, evolution therapy has made it possible for animals to think and speak rationally. PI Conrad Metcalf finds himself at odds with both the police and the crooks when one of his clients is found murdered, but nothing, not even a tough-guy kangaroo or an evolved baby, will keep him from solving the crime." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-666. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1986-2009. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#102790).
Price: $150.00
First printing has "First edition / A B C D E" on copyright page; second printing has "First edition / B C D E."