Your American Yardstick: Twelve Basic American Principles underlying the traditional American philosophy of Man-over-Government

Octavo, gray cloth lettered in black; unclipped pictorial dust jacket. First edition, second printing. A presentation copy, inscribed: "For Phil Jessup, with my compliments, admiration and best wishes, Hamilton Long, April 23, 1974," on the front endpaper; accompanied by a letter from Long presenting Jessup with the volume. The recipient, the veteran U.S. diplomat Philip C. Jessup, a judge on the International Court of Justice and United Nations ambassador at large, was credited with playing a major role in ending the Soviet blockade of West Berlin. An important publication with a distinguished provenance.