The first issue (or state) of the first printing has the words "and only moved because the heavy hands were pendula" on the bottom of page 9, as well as a bullet between the two 8's on the page number of page 88. This state has both of those points corrected.

Octavo, 186 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine faded blue to tan with black lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price cut. Chipping and creasing along edges of dust jacket. Sun-fading to dust jacket. Soiling to spine. Age toning to dust jacket. Fading to blue dye on top edge of text block. Shelved in Case 13.