The Abortion, Richard Brautigan. First Edition.

The Abortion: An Historical Romance 1966, Richard Brautigan First edition, first printing of Brautigan's fourth novel, a genre parody concerning the romantic possibilities of a public library in San Francisco.  New York: Simon and Schuster, 1971. Publisher's original orange cloth, lettered in black, black topstain; pp. (x), 11-226. A very good or better copy in a very good, unclipped dust jacket. Binding remains sturdy and square, light smudging to boards. Jacket shows some light general shelfwear with a closed tear to back panel, spine unfaded (as is commonly found). Protected in archival mylar.