First UK edition, first printing. Publisher's original orange cloth with black titles to the upper board and spine, in the W. Heath Robinson illustrated dustwrapper. An excellent better than very good copy, the binding square and firm with a couple of small nicks at the spine tips, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the scarce original dustwrapper that is rubbed and nicked at the edges and with a chip taking the publisher's name at the base of the spine. With the publisher's correct printed price of 3/6 net to the spine which at some point was covered with a paper label, now partially removed without damage.
(McIlvaine A44b).
Stock code: 20300
£575