first edition of the author's first book

First edition of the author's first book, in which the subject matter of each chapter dictates its literary style. Winner of the Gregory Award for 1963.

First edition, first impression; 8vo; unmarked internally; publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, foot of spine slightly bumped, with the unclipped pictorial dust-jacket by John Holden, slightly toned, else near-fine.