Presentation copy from Baldwin's editor, inscribed and signed on the front free endpaper: "...with the pleasantest of memories of your visit with us. / Sol Stein / N.Y. 4/11/56" and ownership signature of a relative of the recipient on half-title. Sol Stein was the editor and publisher of many emerging talents over 30 years, James Baldwin being among the most famous as well as Dylan Thomas and W.H. Auden.