Babe [first edition]

INSCRIBED by author in black ink on full-title page, reads: "Hi, Rolland! (signature of Marianne Wiggins) ". "A Survival Handbook. BABE is the oldest story on earth--and the newest. Maggie and Brigand separate and are divorced. The young wife is left with their child and begins the struggle as a mother, a woman at work, and a lover. She learns that if people are constantly renewed." - Back Cover. Includes a signed letter dated Septemeber 23, 1998 from John Hastie of Barbara's Bookstore to noted collector Rolland Comstock concerning the book's custom inscription. Ships same or next business day. Book has minimal shelf and edge wear, front cover is creased at bottom corner, wear along front and back of spine, lightly bumped at head and tail end of spine; water stain on head edge of pages that runs from front cover through page eighty-five. Book is protected in plastic archival sleeve. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 133 pages; Signed by Author