This copy is inscribed by Szukalski: "To Dear / Jim Hickey / With Good wishes / [undecipherable] gifted / Szukalski" It is inscribed to then Hanna-Barbera animation background designer/painter James Hickey who attended a lecture by Szukalski.
This was the second book on Szukalski published by Glenn Bray (after Troughful of Pearls) and only the second monograph on the artist in the modern era. Written & illustrated by Szukalski and edited by Glen Bray and Lena Zwalve.
Laid in are two Szukalski flyers from publisher Glenn Bray advertising Troughful of Pearls.