(Ottawa): Oberon Press, 1977. Inscribed by Author; Grey cloth. Fine copy. Jacket has only faintly yellowed spine, else fine. Inscribed by the author "10/10/78 For Max Steele, love & respect, Leon Rooke". "Teaching at the University of North Carolina, he rose to the post of full professor of creative writing in 1972 and directed the writing program from 1968 to 1988, when he retired. Steele not only taught writing; he was an accomplished fiction author himself. His work includes the novel Debby (1950; retitled The Goblins Must Go Bare), which won the Harper Prize; short stories - two of which earned him O. Henry prizes; and three children's books. He was also an editor for the highly regarded Story magazine." Rooke, a native of North Carolina, was educated at UNC Chapel Hill. According to the author, there were only 200 copies of this hardcover edition. His second collection of short stories, scarce in the hardcover issue.; Octavo; Signed by Author