First edition. Presentation copy. 8vo. pp 318. Petrol-blue cloth with black-stamped titles and monogram to upper board and spine. In the very scarce illustrated dust jacket with chipping to edges, some slight loss at corners and loss to both head and tail of spine resulting in the loss of the very top edge of the first word of the title. With a small pen dedication by Richards to Isobel Jones, dated 1942, on the title page.