inscribed by the author to his mother

A delightful association copy, inscribed by the author to his mother on the front free endpaper: 'To mother, with love, Sid / November 2, 1955'.

First edition, first printing, inscribed by the author; 8vo; light age-toning, minor offsetting to endpapers, otherwise unmarked internally; publisher's yellow cloth-backed blue boards, black lettering to spine, black topstain, corners slightly rubbed, with the unclipped dust-jacket, minor loss to spine ends, slight wear to extremities, front panel slightly rubbed, otherwise a very good copy.