First printing of the mass-market paperback edition, with number line ending in “10 9 8.” Originally published in hardcover by Little, Brown and Company, this is the first appearance of the book in the smaller mass-market format. Features the original owl silhouette cover design from the first paperback issue. Condition: Very Good to Excellent. Note that the “grimy” appearance of the cover is intentional and is reflective of the subject matter of the essays. The edge and spine wear is consistent with typical shelf use for a mass-market paperback; binding remains intact and pages are clean and unmarked. A solid early printing of Sedaris’s bestselling essay collection in its first mass-market format — increasingly harder to find in this condition due to the fragile nature of this edition.