First edition. 8vo., original black cloth, dust jacket. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1973.
Inscribed by the author to a fellow poet: “For John Heath-Stubbs for his 55th birthday - old friendship, Michael Hamburger, July 9th 1973”, with Heath-Stubbs’ bookplate on the front free endpaper. Hamburger and Heath-Stubbs met at Oxford and were both habitués of Soho in the 40s and 50s. A near fine copy in a slightly dusty dust jacket.
