xxii, 659, [5] pp. Illustrated from photographs. Black cloth, lettered in gilt, custom cloth folding chemise and ¼ blue morocco and cloth slipcase, lettered in gilt. First Edition, Tenth Printing.

Inscribed with a fifteen line presentation inscription by the author to Winston Churchill in pencil on front free endpaper, as follows: "To the Greatest Englishman of these or any other times - Prime Minister Winston Churchill, upon whom now rests the Terrifying responsibility of now salvaging from Victory in War, the Security of Peace for at least a generation or two in a sick world. With great respect and the long standing admiration of one who is 'serving in the ranks.' Joseph E. Davies. May 26th, 1945." A record of confidential dispatches to the State Department, official and personal correspondence, current diary and journal entries by the United States Ambassador to Russia prior to World War II. Bookplates from the library of Sir Winston Churchill and from Randolph S. Churchill on front pastedown.