First edition, first printing. Original purple cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very good copy with no inscriptions and no stamps. Boards are clean and bright with only light rubbing to the extremities and a small brown mark to the bottom of the spine. The contents are entirely complete with no loose or torn pages and no inscriptions or stamps. Bottom edge of text block a little marked in places, otherwise the pages remain clean and bright. The original dustwrapper has a couple of closed tears with light chipping to the laminate and a lightly faded spine. Not price-clipped. A very scarce title in non-library state, and one of his best.
Stock code: 7041
£175
London: Methuen.
1971