First edition. 8vo. Original grey cloth, spine lettered in white, black and red, dust jacket. New York, Farrar, Straus, and Cudahy, 1961.
Signed by the author to the title page. A collection of McCarthy's essays, all previously published in periodicals, and covering broad subjects, from Politics, Social Science, fashion, literature and the arts. A near fine copy, light wear to extremities of jacket.