8vo. Original red cloth-backed red boards, gilt-lettered on spine; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (a few short tears to folds with repairs verso, some minor soiling). 

FIRST EDITION. IRVING'S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in. IRVING'S FIRST BOOK, based on his time studying at the Institute of European Studies in Vienna, written between 1965 and 1967.  Irving submitted the original manuscript as his thesis at the University of Iowa's Writer's Workshop in 1967, which he expanded for publication. A FINE COPY.