Description
Octavo, 268pp. Blue cloth, beige cloth spine, title in gilt over blue print on spine. First edition, first printing with full number line on copyright page. In publishers dust jacket, $10.00 on front flap, near fine with light shelf wear. Book is inscribed by Brigadier General James L. Collins, Jr. to Mrs. Dean Acheson. Inscription reads: “For Mrs. Dean Acheson with best wishes, James L. Collins, Jr. 18 October 1976, Washington.” James L. Collins, Jr. was the older brother of Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, a distinguished career military officer and US Army Chief of Military History. The recipient, Mrs. Dean (Alice) Acheson, was the wife of Secretary of State Dean Acheson.
