First edition, first impression, with the correct dust wrapper price of 15s. A very good copy in the dust wrapper, a few nicks at the corners of the spine ends and front folds, with some slight loss, small chip from the lower edge, the dust wrapper is not price clipped. No markings or inscriptions, some toning to the end papers, and some in a few places, confined to the first few leaves and the margins in a few places. A very good copy of the first Dick Francis thriller, a landmark modern first.