The Sway of the Grand Saloon. A Social History of the North Atlantic

New York: Delacorte Press / A Seymour Lawrence Book, 1971. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. A fine copy. Thick 8vo. Original two-toned cloth; pictorial dust jacket. First edition. The dedication copy, inscribed by Brinnin on the half-title beneath the printed title: "For Jack who always Wanted on the Voyage, with love from John / Duxbury November 2, 1971." The printed dedication reads: "For Jack Thompson of Columbia, Missouri Who Piped Me Aboard." Brinnin wrote six volumes of poetry, five of literary criticism, and three travelogues, of which this was the first.