[6], 451 pp. 7½x5, decorative light green cloth stamped in dark green, spine lettered in gilt, page edges untrimmed. First Edition, First Printing.

One of the author’s most highly regarded works; first edition published with a small print run of just under 3000 copies. First Issue with "anyrate" on fifth line of page 77; page 226, seven lines from the bottom with no "keep" after "can" and on same line "cure" instead of "cured;" last word on last line of page 319 "his" out of alignment with rest of text. Efrem Zimbalist’s green morocco bookplate on the front pastedown. Cagle A4a(1); Smith 5; Keating 25.