London: Reinhardt and Evans, 1949

8vo, pp. 159. Original pink boards, title panel to spine, design panel to front board. Top edge green. Illustrated dustwrapper. Small bookseller's label to front pastedown. Boards darkened, but a very good copy in a good price-clipped and darkened dustwrapper with a number of closed tears, chipped with loss at spine ends.

First UK edition (printed in the US), SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR TO FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Preceded by the US edition which appeared the previous year.