First UK edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher’s original beige cloth over brown paper covered boards with titles in bronze to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very good or better copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping at the spine tips and some spotting to the spine. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. The closed text block edge is spotted and toned to the top edge corner. Complete with the rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper that remains without fading, but with has several closed tears repaired with tape to the underside. Not price-clipped (£8.95 net to the lower front flap). The British first edition is scarce in signed state.