First UK edition. 253pp. Hardback in dust jacket. Publisher's blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket designed by Bill Botten. Purple top-stain, slightly faded to spine end. Boards slightly warped. Shallow crease to front endpapers. Jacket very slightly rubbed and with minor sunning to spine. Light foxing to lower panel. WITH publisher's proof copy of the same. Brick-red limp card wraps with publisher's devices printed in white. Blurb printed in black on white paper affixed to upper cover. Covers rubbed; spine creased.