New York: Random House, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first book, an interrelated collection of stories set in Wyoming. Dust jacket comments from Rick Bass, Larry McMurtry and Annie Proulx (who commented that "Jon Billman is a brilliant young writer with an astonishing range. These fresh and vivid stories are gritty, full of energy and humor, a sharp pleasure to read.") SIGNED on the title page. In addition, a signed handwritten brief note to Oklahoma collector Larry Owens, and also a postcard with a note to Owens from Billman on the verso, are laid in. 239 pp. ISBN: 0-375502580.