London: John Calder, 1963

8vo, pp. 136. Original grey boards, lettered in gilt on spine. Dustjacket price-clipped and a little edgeworn, some chipping to head of spine.

First UK edition, INSCRIBED BY SARRAUTE ON THE HALF-TITLE: 'A David Gothard, en souvenir très amical. Nathalie Sarraute.'

David Gothard was the co-founder of London's Riverside Studios, and this book was presented to him during Sarraute's appearance there for two performances of Virginia Woolf's play Freshwater, which also starred Eugene Ionesco.