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Paperback. Condizione: Good+. First Edition. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages; 1970 Aware Press. Trade size paperback in glossy green and black card covers lettered in white. First and only edition of this scarce literary and counter-cultural curiosity. Although credited to Dean Koontz and his wife Gerda, the book was substantially rewritten without his approval by the publisher from a manuscript Koontz submitted in 1969. Koontz has since publicly disavowed the published version, stating it bears little resemblance to his original work and that Gerda did not contribute. A fascinating artifact of late-1960searly-1970s underground publishing culture and an unusual footnote in Koontz's early bibliography. This soundly bound copy shows a mild shelf lean and some reader creasing to the spine, with general edge rubbing and some superficial stress creases to the covers. Prior owner name penned top edge of the front endpage. Contents clean and unmarked. G++ to VG-.…