London.Faber & Faber. 1969. ISBN: 571 087981. Hardback. Octavo. First edition. A very good copy in a like unprice-clipped dust-wrapper. Presentation copy, inscribed on front free endpaper: 'To Julian & Kathleen with love from one of those mentioned on page 177 John Welcome.'The recipients were the crime writer Julian Symons and his wife Kathleen.