(New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1968).

FIRST EDITION OF THIS COLLECTION OF DIVERSE POEMS WITH A RANGE OF MOODS AND TECHNIQUES. "Mr. Amis plays witty, wicked, rhymed, and metrical games with subjects generally left, even in a time of total frankness, to writers of prose; and in at least one poem he demonstrates that although it is fashionable in some circles to speculate about the death of God, blasphemy in verse is still possible. Not all these poems, though, are savage or satirical or outrageous. Cool irony occurs in many of them, or wry pessimism, or epigrammatic reflection; there are even moments of poignancy." Item #33270

First American edition. 8vo, publisher's original black cloth lettered in gilt over pale green striped paper covered boards, in the dustjacket. 49 pp. A fine copy, the dustjacket mellowed slightly.