New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1945

4to, unpaginated. Original tan cloth boards, lettered and illustrated in brown to front panel. Lacking the dustwrapper, light sunning to rear board, corners and head of soine a little bumped.

First edition, INSCRIBED AND WITH A LINE DRAWING BY THE AUTHOR ON HALF-TITLE IN YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 'To Edith with best wishes, STEINBERG 1945', the signature and date appearing beneath a line drawing of a figure on a departing steamer which houses the inscription.

Saul Steinberg [1914-1999] was best known for his drawings and cartoons for The New Yorker, many of which are reproduced here.

Keywords: Saul STEINBERG"