London, printed for Secker & Warburg, 1954, 8o 135 x 195 x 14, pp128, first edition first printing ('First published in England 1954' to copyright page), green cloth, dulled gilt to spine, typical browning to pages, rear e/p red stamp 'The Times Library', d/w some chipping with loss to spine tips and to lower spine a loss of 1 cm x 1 cm losing the final N from Mann. Book very good, unclipped d/w fair.