London: Derek Verschoyle, 1954. Blue boards. Yellowing to page edges, else fine. Dust jacket (art by Alan Lindsay) has very light spine yellowing; real panel has small spots, a crease at bottom, and slight yellowing; Nov. 1954, rubber stamped twice on rear flap, else VG+, flap price intact, attractive. A crime novel by the literary poet and novelist. The murderer is a male homosexual. See Haggerty, Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures. A nice copy, uncommon in first edition.