Toronto: Ryerson, 1968. Inscribed by Author; Octavo, light green cloth. Just a little leaned, else fine. This second state jacket, with gilt G-G's sticker on front panel, has faint sunning to the magenta portion of the spine, else fine. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page "For___, with very best wishes. Alice Munro." The author's FIRST BOOK, arguably the most important book in the history of Canadian literature, launching as it did the career of one of the world's greatest living short story writers. A collection of 15 short stories, all winners. It won a Governor-General's Award, the first of three such. Munro won the 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature, well deserved. Signed copies are now uncommon on the market. An excellent copy. ; Signed by Author