First Printing (stated) in clean unclipped original jacket. First American Edition. Clean yellow cloth boards with black printed author signature on front board, red title lettering and decorative red horizontal lines on spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean red endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 240 pages. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, a couple of very tiny closed tears at upper and lower spine edges; not price clipped (4.50 on front inside flap). Photo of author on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.