1970. Reprint. 351 pages. Red jacket over blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Introduction by V S Pritchett. With illustrated frontispiece. Upper text block edge blue. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Faint creases to some pages. A few dog-eared corners. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Gilt is bright. Slight patchy sunning. Unclipped jacket in poor condition, with large areas of loss, heavy tears, creases, stains and marks.