Jonathan Cape Ltd. 1969. First edition.189pp. Hardback in dust jacket. Light stain to head of text block. Jacket with some chips and tears to spine ends and corners; creasing and very minor loss to head of spine. *** Scarce first edition of Barber's second novel, the basis for a film in 1972 (The Amazing Mr. Blunden, directed by Lionel Jeffries) and a more recent adaptation (also as The Amazing Mr. Blunden) by Mark Gattis in 2021. The book (reprinted twice in 1970, then again in 1974, 1977 and 1982) was recently republished under the title The Amazing Mr. Blunden as a Virago Classic. The first edition is extremely scarce. Stunning jacket by Alan Tunbridge.