(NY), Delacorte, (1974). The uncorrected proof copy of this collection of essays, speeches and opinions. Spine slightly faded; near fine in wrappers. An uncommon proof, both because it dates from a time when proofs were not often preserved, and seldom migrated to the rare book market, and because books of nonfiction and collections of short pieces usually had fewer proofs done for them than novels did, presumably based on the somewhat self-fulfilling notion that they would receive less reviewer attention. [#004893] SOLD