FIRST EDITION, WITH AUTHORIAL INSCRIPTION. 8vo (in 16s), pp. [xii], [502] + Piper’s colour lithographic frontispiece, plus b/w plates and illustrations. Mauve cloth, spine and upper board lettered in gilt. Lean and sunning to spine, corners bumped. Sadleir’s inscription in blue ink to ffep: “For Kenneth Hare/ With best regards/ Michael Sadleir/ Feb ‘47,” a little foxed. Else, pleasingly clean and tidy, especially for a war economy publication. In John Piper’s atmospheric dust jacket: toned and dust-dulled, edgewear, creasing and nicking. Very good/ very good.