Wow, that really is a treasure. I can only imagine what it's worth. Do you keep it locked up behind glass?
When I was growing up, my mother had the slender volume of Little Birds among all the other books she'd inherited. I don't think she knew what it was about, but around the age of 12 or 13, I sure did. Although the story about the woman getting fucked from behind while watching a public execution and coming at the moment the gallows dropped may have disturbed me a little.
Haha, that's a great story. No glass, classic bookshelf but I have mylar wraps around the books, a dehumidifier, all that good stuff!