Hardcover in dust jacket, 469 pages. Ownership signature of Jacob Meckstroth, legendary editor of the Ohio State Journal, and INSCRIBED by author: Dear Jake: It will mean a lot to me if you like this. Yours always, David." Meckstroth has added genealogical notes in ink on page 37, plus a few stray marks on other pages. Brown spotting on endpapers, d.j. is torn at spine ends with a gap at base. A copy that has received some use, reflecting a journalist's interest in the subject. VG/G+.; Signed by Author