8vo, pp. 125. Original yellow three-quarter boards, lettered in gilt on grey to spine. Printed dustwrapper. Leading and lower edges uncut. A near fine copy in a very good dustwrapper, just a little faded and marked.
First edition. No. 466 of 808 copies SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. No. 7 in the Lungarno series.
This short story was included in the collection entitled Soft Answers, published by Chatto & Windus the following year.