A pristine first printing signed by the longtime New Yorker cartoonist artist on the first page (possibly tipped in by the publisher).

From the back cover:

For native Brooklynite Roz Chast, adjusting to life in the suburbs (where people own trees?!) was surreal. But, she recognized that for her kids, the reverse was true. On trips into town, they would marvel at the strange world of Manhattan: its gum-wad-dotted sidewalks, honeycombed streets, and "those West Side Story-things" (fire escapes). Their wonder inspired "Going Into Town", part playful guide, part New York stories, and part love letter to the city, told through Chast's laugh-out-loud, touching, and true cartoons.

Roz Chast was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her cartoons began appearing in the New Yorker in 1978. Since then she has published hundreds of cartoons and written or illustrated more than a dozen books, including the National Book Critics Circle Award Winning memoir, Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?