First edition, first impression. Cloth-bound; hardcover; octavo (19cm x 12cm x 4cm); pp. 288. English text. Bound in publisher's original cloth with titles in yellow to spine and upper board; initial and terminal blanks plus half-title present. Condition: GOOD to VERY GOOD. Binding secure with slight spine lean. Some light fading to covers. Interior largely very well-preserved with some trivial spotting mostly to fore edge, and a neat previous ownership name to front endpaper. Lacking dust jacket. Scarce.
Notes: Very scarce first edition of Nancy Mitford's first novel centred on a chaotic house party, featuring the idiosyncrasies of the British 1930's aristocracy.