New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1965. First Edition. Octavo, 318 pages. Good condition, in a Good condition dust jacket. Beige spine, with red and black lettering. Dust jacket has light wear and age toning overall, with moderate wear to corners and head and tail of spine. Price unclipped: "$6.95". Red cloth boards show light bumping to head and tail of spine, and light wear overall. Textblock has light age toning to edges. Long inscription at front free end page from the author, Ambassador William Sebald (1901-1980), to his friend Captain Henri H. Smith-Hutton, USN: "To my friend and classmate, Captain Henri H. Smith-Hutton, U.S. Navy, as a token and memento of our service together in the U.S. Naval Academy, In Japan as language officers, and during the difficult and trying years of World War II in the COMINCH Headquarters, with warmest regards and esteem. / William Sebald / Naples, Florida / April 17, 1974." Laid in material includes:
1. Three TLS from Ambassador Sebald to Henri "Hank" Smith-Hutton, dated from 1975 - 1977.
2. Three ANS (holiday cards) from Sebald and his wife, to Smith-Hutton and his wife.
3. One TLS from Sebald's wife, Edith, to Smith-Hutton's wife in 1981 discussing Sebald's death in 1980.
4. Obituary of Edith Sebald (April, 1981).
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