Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Written in the form of a journal, this book measures people's short lives and relationships against the history of the earth. Bass is both a petroleum geologist and a lyrical writer. Illustrated with drawings by Elizabeth Hughes. SIGNED on the title page. 172 pp. ISBN: 0-395-486750.

London: Collins, 1989. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Written in the form of a journal, this book measures people's short lives and relationships against the history of the earth. Bass is both a petroleum geologist and a lyrical writer. Illustrated with drawings by Elizabeth Hughes. SIGNED on the title page. 172 pp. ISBN: 0-395-486750.