First Edition, First Impression. Signed on the front free endpaper by John Betjeman. Betjeman’s third book containg the classic poem “Slough”.
8vo. Original black boards, titles and illustration to upper board gilt. With the dustjacket. With illustrations by among others Osbert Lancaster and de Cronin Hastings. Dustjacket designed by E. McKnight Kauffer. Spine bumped, dustjacket nicked to corners and spine tips, white background darkened, edges rubbed.