2nd impression, in the year of first publication. 220pp plus publisher's adverts at rear. Beige cloth boards (stained, rubbed, indentation, rounded at corners and spine tips). Ex lending library, markings on front endpaper only. Well thumbed. In a plain purple dust jacket (tape repairs on reverse, chipped and rubbed at edges, patchily faded, creases on back strip). Hard to find title, especially in its original dust wrapper.