New York: Putnam, [1978]., Large octavo. Cloth. A well-read copy, with bump at toe of spine and a few corners turned down. Lacking the dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed by the author on an adhesive sheet affixed to the front free endsheet: "For Alistair Cooke The world's most generous man, gratefully - Bill." With the Sotheran's Cooke library label on the front pastedown.