- Octavo, blue cloth titled in maroon with a vignette in maroon on the front cover. The covers are rubbed & bumped with tiny white marks to the cloth & with a small black stain to each cover. The spine is faded. 267 pages. There is light soiling to the front endpaper & a large piece out of the rear endpaper. 13 full-page black-and-white illustrations & 1 double-page from drawings by Ray Inman. Good.

First edition.

This humorous account of army entertainers during World War II is inscribed by Ezra Stone on the front endpaper: "For Marie -- Who has had, and deserves the longest run at the Playhouse. My thanks and love always -- Ezra".

LITERATURE; HUMOR; WORLD WAR II; USO; ENTERTAINERS; EZRA STONE; WELDON MELICK; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; ILLUSTRATIONS; CARICATURES; CARTOONS; RAY INMAN; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.