1st Edition 1968. Inscription from the author to William McAlpine. to Bill from Arthur. From the library of William (Bill) McAlpine friend of Dylan Thomas, Arthur Koestler, and British Council Representative in Sri Lanka, where he befriended Arthur C Clarke. Book is very good and quite bright. Cloth a little patchy to edges. Edges rubbed. Contents QUITE good. Endpapers and odd pages foxed. The wrapper is very good and QUITE age toned. Edges rubbed and nicked. Small loss to spine tips. Un-common signed.