London: Michael Joseph, 1955. Tan non-pictorial wrappers, red & white pictorial endpapers, pp 288. Covers lightly soiled and darkened; spine creased with a one inch split to bottom front fold repaired; corner crease to rear cover; book a bit leaned; about a VG copy otherwise. The final volume of a tetraology of novels by this neglected but important Indian author, in a very scarce advance format. He was the first to employ extended quotes from Indian literature in fiction.