Mission Viejo, CA / Royal Oak, MI: A.S.A.P. (Airtight Seals Allied Production), 1992. SIGNED first edition - First separate printing of this Edgar award winning short story set during a cold winter in a small town in the Northern Plains in the depth of the Depression. One of 50 copies in an acrylic slipcase, SIGNED by Hornsby and the illustrator Phil Parks and individually numbered (#16 of 50) on the limitation page. Includes a foreword by Hornsby and an afterword by Parks. In addition, following the printed foreword and continuing on the next blank page, Hornsby has handwritten a tribute to the beauty of the California coast - it begins with "Did I ever tell you" and is signed just WH. Unpaginated (28 pp.)