Signed by the author at title page. Black paper-covered boards with

Signed by the author at title page. Black paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped particulars to spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Endpages have soiling to center of first free endpaper that bleeds slightly onto front pastedown, but is otherwise clean and unmarked. Text block is foxed. Boards are clean and bright with top corner of front board bumped starting about halfway up fore edge and light bumping to ends of spine. Binding is tight and square. Dust jacket is clean, bright and unmarked. Dust jacket is covered in a protective mylar jacket.