8vo. First edition. Original blue-grey cloth, gilt. Top edge stained maroon. Jacket by P. Vinten. Frontispiece illustration of Radnor Terrace, Sandgate, Kent. Ink presentation on the flyleaf, ‘To Richard Ellmann, With admiration and all good wishes, from the Author. Jocelyn Brooke 27th April 1960 Bishopsbourne’. Unclipped d/w with tiny loss to the spine ends and corner tips and a couple of very short closed tears. Fine in near fine d/w.