What strikes me strange is ebayer offers to "sign it"....he can't be the author as the author was killed several years ago in a car crash I believe in Illinois.
Appearantly the seller is quite "fond" of this rare find. Not sure if any buyer will embrace it to the tune of $199 plus shipping.
I did not realize that....in my personal collection I have some of his first addition books that were done with embossed covers signed by Mr Dove personally...
On a side note....my Dad wrote over 50 books several hit the half million mark and ones signed by him when they pop up on ebay bring more money than unsigned copies.