An attractive copy of the First Edition in a "bespoke" ie home-made dustwrapper duplicating some of the authors designs including the memorial to his mother Rosalind Bassett. Original publishers cloth,aged but unworn 8vo.a.iv.154pps "produced in conform -ity with wartime economy standards" His second published novel, daring for its time and the last to be published in his lifetime was a major influence on Wm Burroughs.