8vo. Half-title. Original dark blue cloth, gilt-lettered on spine; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some chipping and toning, a few short tears).

FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, IN FIRST STATE DUST JACKET with blurbs on the front flap by T. S. Eliot, H. L. Mencken, and Paul Rosenfeld. "The beginning... is a wonderful evocation of the second phase of American expatriates ensconced in glittering villas on the Riviera in contrast to the home-spun tipplers of The Sun Also Rises. The break-down of a marriage... is described with flashes of genius by an expert in self-destruction... and there is a haunting account... of the predicament of 'grace under pressure' from too many parties and too much money" (Connolly, The Modern Movement 79). Bruccoli A15.1.a.a.