NO PHOENIX NO ASHES: The United Nations and Its First Years.

- Large octavo [approximately 12 inches high by 7-5/8 inches wide], blue paper covered boards backed with white cloth with the United Nations logo in white on the front board and a gilt-lettered paper label on the spine. The book was issued with a slipcase, which is lacking. The boards are lightly bumped & rubbed & there is some light foxing to the spine. Half-title, title, [vi] & 142 pages plus colophon, printed in black & blue with decorations in blue by George Trenholm. The contents are near fine. No. 776 of an edition of 2,000 copies.A leaflet laid in reads: "In the face of war clouds which threaten all free people, we have dedicated this book, our Ninth Annual Keepsake, to the United Nations.We believe the U.N. is the principal hope for a genuine world pleace and have planned this volume to give you a clear guide to its organization and an understanding of its part in the history of the years since 1945. This gift comes to you with the best wishes of The Maple Press Company of York, Pennsylvania.".…