Barrie & Jenkins, London, 1975, 1^st thus.  ISBN 0-257-66042-9.  Hard cover, 255 pages.  Very good; black boards with gilt lettering on spine; lightly bumped corners; binding sound.  Price-clipped dust jacket very good; taped mylar cover.  Prior owner’s info inked on FEP; remainder of interior clean and unmarked.  ‘The course of Monty Bodkin’s wooing of Gertrude Butterwick was not running smoothly, and the cause of all the trouble was Lotus Blossom, the brightest star in Hollywood’s firmament.  To Monty’s acute distress, she had the disconcerting idea that Monty was the only person who could send the errant Ambrose back to her welcoming arms.  But Lotus Blossom and Monty were not the only ones to wear the furrowed brow.  Reggie Tennyson was another, and so was Ikey Llewellyn.  Reggie’s trouble was pecuniary; but Ikey’s was more serious, for he had something on his mind – a dangerous condition for one of his limited mental capacity.’ (from front flap)