8vo - 21.5 x 13 cm.; 143 - [2] pp. Blue cloth with silver gilt lettering on the spine. First edition as per the copyright page. The dust jacket is clipped on the lower front flap corner with a Heinemann Groups price sticker of £4.50 on the slant. Publisher's complimentary review plate fastened to the front free end paper. Both the book and the jacket only very slight shelf wear to the tail edges and the dust jacket is scuffed and that is best seen in reflected light.