First UK hardcover edition, first printing. Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt titles to to the spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed dustwrapper that has a couple of tiny nicks at the head spine and is otherwise without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£2.50 net to the lower front flap).
Scarce in the UK hardcover first edition (New English Library was primarily a publisher of paperback fiction).
Stock code: 26667
£125