London, Jonathan Cape, 1964
First edition, first impression, first state (without 'March' on © page), small abrasion to front free endpaper, original black boards with gilt-stamped Japanese characters to upper cover and lettered in silver to spine, a sharp, tight copy, dust-jacket featuring wrap-around allegorical design by Richard Chopping, slight tanning to spine, overall a clean bright example.
Gilbert A12a 1.1.
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