First UK edition of the author's first novel; a debauched comedy set in post-war Dublin, following the misadventures of Sebastian Dangerfield. Originally published in Paris by the Olympia Press in 1955.

First UK edition, first printing; 8vo; light spotting to prelims, else unmarked internally; publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, with the unclipped pictorial dustjacket, some toning and dust-soiling, slight edge-wear, else very good.