Description
The first edition, first printing of The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam by Barbara W. Tuchman, signed by the author.
Octavo, xiv, 447pp, [32]pp of plates. Publisher’s gray cloth, title stamped in silver. Stated “First Edition” on copyright page. In the publisher’s near fine dust jacket, $18.95 retail price on front flap, small point of wear at heel of the spine.
Signed on the second free endpaper, with associated paperwork from Kroch and Brentano’s of Chicago.
Tuchman’s historical study of political folly examines four examples: Troy, the Renaissance papacy, Britain’s loss of the American colonies, and the American war in Vietnam.
