London: Cape, 1969

8vo, pp. 811. Quarter bound in black morocco, lettered in gilt to spine and with the author's initials to front panel. Lozenge design to endpapers. Black boards. Top edge gilt. A very fine copy.

First UK edition. GERSHON LEGMAN'S OWN COPY, REBOUND AND WITH HIS INITIALS IN GILT TO FRONT PANEL, AND WITH HIS OWNERSHIP INSCRIPTION TO FRONT FREE ENDPAPER: '1970 G. Legman Author's copy -- piss-poor printing too!'. First published in the US by Grove Press the previous year.