8vo. Original black cloth-textured boards (Gilbert’s first state), spine lettered in gilt, design to upper cover in blind and gilt; dust jacket (spine panel slightly toned with minor wear at ends and extremities, minor soiling and spotting, a little toning to flap folds and edges). Provenance: Halfdan Lynner (bookplate).

FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, in first state binding, with 3mm line detail to the upper left of the skull blocked on the cover. Gilbert A7a (1.1).