(New York): Simon and Schuster, (1955). First edition, deluxe issue. 4to. 207 pp. (contains 12 pages of installation photographs by Ezra Stoller, not found in trade edition). Prologue by Carl Sandburg. Introduction by Edward Steichen. Binding and packaging by legendary designer Leo Lionni. Quarter black cloth over blue paper-covered boards stamped in gold, silver, black, etc.; photographic endpapers; top edge stained yellow, other edges stained red; printed on much heavier stock than trade edition; enclosed in a grey corrugated cardboard box, with large paper wraparound label, lightly worn and with some professional restoration. A near-fine copy rarely found in its original box.