first edition Hardcover
1972 · Washington DC
by Irwin, William Manning, edited by J. B. Larkin, Jr., introduction by Mary Irwin Larkin
Washington DC: Self-published by the editor, 1972. Hardcover. iv, 24p, ii, printed recto-only, 8.5x11 inches, color frontis-portrait tipped-in with printed tissue-guard, foreword, editor's note (reproduces notations by Irwin on arms and equipment), very good limited edition of 12 copies signed by the author's daughter and her husband who edited the book, reproduction of the original diary bound in black buckram cloth boards and gilt. Diary of a naval trainee's cruise aboard The Savannah.
(Inventory #: 213734)