ISBN10: 0571086993, ISBN13: 9780571086993, [publisher: Faber & Faber, London] Hardcover First Edition Binding sound and tight, name in biro on flyleaf and repeated on inside pastedown, no other markings and text clean and free of spotting, folds or such. Black cloth unfaded, corners crisp, no wear, bright gilt spine titling. The dust jacket is tight and tear-free, unclipped. The front panel and spine are covered in some kind of speckled glaze which has tinted the paper cream yellow on the front panel and darker on the spine panel. Its hard to tell if this is added by the publisher or later, anyway, quite unusual, and it's applied to the edge of the inner front flap but not the rear flap or flap top and bottom edges, so not something that happened while the dust jacket was on the book. Other than that, the speckling is uniform on the front panel and the rear panel is normal paper with a few marks near the spine hinge and some age darkening. 165pp + double blank rear flyleaf. Size: 12mo
[Edinburgh, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1968]