8vo, cloth & boards, dust jacket, 355pp.
, b/w plates.
First edition.
A 1955 inscription from Malabar by Bromfield to friends Ted and Jean Uppmann (the former was a noted American baritone, originator of the title role in Britten's "Billy Budd" in 1951).
A VG/G copy: mild scuffing to the lower corners, mild dustiness to the boards and edges, solid binding, clean text; rubbed and chipped jacket.