Author Denys Smith was the Daily Telegraph (a UK newspaper) principal correspondent in the United States, who wrote on the American government and related topics including the book of this listing and one titled, America and the Axis War, in 1942.  This one is fully titled and subtitled, Polls Apart : Background to the American Presidential Election.  First Edition, published in 1960 by Cohen and West of the UK.  It is in VERY GOOD OR BETTER CONDITION.  Clean dust jacket with light edge wear, no chips or tears but is price-clipped.  Clean blue cloth boards with light corner and edge wear, clear gilt spine titling, no interior marks in 160 clean and solidly bound pages except for NICE INSCRIPTION, DATE (April 1960), AND SIGNATURE OF AUTHOR DENYS SMITH.