The Brass Ring
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. [1971], 1971. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [12], 13-275, [3] pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $7.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Red endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with several in-text drawings and with numerous full-page photographs and drawings. Mauldin's memoir of growing up during the Great Depression, and his subsequent service during the Second World War. He served as a journalist for the army, and was said to have built morale with his humorous cartoons. Near Fine / Very Good+. Item #000010978
A small scratch to the bottom textblock; jacket shows yellowing to its flaps and the bottom corner of the front flap clipped.
Price: $40.00