----------hard cover, Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket, signed by Beattie on the front blank endpaper, ink name on verso of front cover, ---a collection of stories by beattie about people who visited har pioneer home in Ontario ---stories of Blackie the dancing bear, the farm labourer and his family at the town limits, the dramatic Greek woman from Syra, the 11 year old Italian accordion player, a violinist apparently from the Metroploitan Opera, a gipsy who could be trusted, Adam and Eve - a juggler and a forune teller---, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo