Book club edition issued in the same year as the first edition (Cape, London, 1959). 286pp. In beige cloth-covered boards with black lettering on spine. 8vo. Boards a little soiled, rounded at spine ends, with a couple of minor indentations on edges. Text block edges a tad dusty. Internally it's neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust wrapper worn, shelf worn, heavily bumped along lower edge, flat creases on spine and minor loss at spine base. Jacket now protected in an archival-quality Mylar wrapper, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives.
