Advance proof copy. 200pp, with black and white frontispiece and further black and white illustrations in text. Blue light card covers, titles in manuscript on spine. Small 8vo. Covers a little shelf worn and faded, gently rubbed at edges, reading crease to spine and corner crease on rear panel. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. A review request slip from the publisher, Faber and Faber, loosely laid in.