First edition, first printing. 278pp. In black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine (cloth gently rounded at spine tips, text block edges mildly darkened). Internally neat, clean and tight, a little creaminess). In its original dust jacket (some minor shelf wear, lightly bumped on upper leading corner). Dust jacket now protected in a slightly tatty Brodart-style wrapper, not adhered in any way. 8vo.