Melbourne: Robertson & Mullens, 1947. 300 pages, last 2 blank. Red coloured boards with black writing on the spine. Bumping and rubbing to the head and to the heel of the spine and rubbing to the book corners. Shelfwear to the lower book edges and foxing to the top. Foxing has also occurred to the spine area of the book along with some quite significant fading. Rubbing and slight fading of the front and back panels. Browning and foxing to the top paper edges and browning to other paper edges. Very slight internal browning of the endpapers and internal pages. A satire on the desires and dangers of changing a conventional life.. First Australian Edition. Red Cloth. Average/No Jacket. Octavo - up to 9 ¾" Tall. Novel.