London: Trigram Press, 1971

8vo, pp. 204. Original threequarter grey boards, lettered in silver on cream spine. Yellow endpapers. A near fine copy with just a little edgewear, lacking the acetate wrapper.

First limited edition of 126 copies, this one of 26 lettered copies ('T'), SIGNED AND ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO JUNE TILLINGHAST ON LIMITATION PAGE: 'T is for June Tillinghast with memories of discussing the idea for this novel with Tony ten years ago; with much love Bryan 24/5/71'. Johnson's university friend Tony Tillinghast died of cancer in 1963, at the age of twenty-nine. Johnson remained in close touch with his widow, June.

A unique and poignant copy.

Keywords: B.S.JOHNSON"