1963. First Edition. 184 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. A Max Heald adventure. Pages are rather marked with pronounced tanning and foxing, plus thumbing. Foxing more intense towards the start and end of the book. Pencil inscriptions 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. Spine is slightly sunned.