4to. (Occasional underlining in pencil.) Publisher's red cloth (rubbing, light soiling, front hinge repaired, rear hinge cracked). Provenance: "Bill" (presentation inscription), Meier & Frank Co. (stamp). 

FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY MILLER: "With all the luck in the world." ADDITIONALLY SIGNED BY MILLER on p. 36 with accompanying signatures throughout by 16 band members including Paul Tanner, Jim Priddy, Frank D' Anolfo, John Best, Billy May, and others. Glenn Miller was one of the most popular bandleaders of the Big Band era. He would disappear over the English Channel while serving in World War II the year after this book's publication.