One of 200 copies, this being copy number 163. Bound in white cloth with gilt spine titles and a cover design in purple. Edited by Cecil Woolf. Frontispiece is a collotype reproduction of a page of Corvo's working notes. Housed in a gold slipcase.
Wrapper : No wrapper as issued.
Book : The book is square and very tight. There are no previous ownership inscriptions. The boards are clean and unfaded, the corners sharp. The spine is lightly toned and feintly spotted. The pages are clean and bright. The closed page edges are fresh. The binding is tight - no cracked hinges. The Slipcase : The slipcase has seen better days, but is complete and solid. It is rubbed at all the edges and bruised at te spine ends. It is unfaded.
Publisher: Chatto & Windus, 1963
Condition: Very Good +. Wrapper: No Jacket ( as Issued )
