London: Hutchinson, 1960

8vo, pp. 208. Original black boards, lettered in red and white to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy in a better than very good dustwrapper with just a little fading to spine, and with slight darkening to the (white) rear panel.

First edition, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR TO TITLE PAGE, AND INSCRIBED TO FRONT FREE ENDPAPER IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 'For Sylvia ?Jaran, Affectionately, Andrew Salkey 4.7.60.'

Salkey's second novel, preceded only by A Quality of Violence published the previous year.