Book Club edition, published in the same year as the true first (Jonathan Cape, 1959) but with a different dust wrapper. 286pp. Ivory cloth-covered boards with black lettering on the spine. 12mo. Cloth a rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends, ridged on spine. Some spotting to text block edges, heaviest on upper edge. Internally a little soft but neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust wrapper, rubbed and chipped at edges and folds with 2 inch loss at base of spine, closed tear on verso, moderately shelf worn, corner creases on rear inner flap. Dust jacket in a removable, clear film sleeve.
