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London: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, 1951. 300 g; 224 pages, in original publisher's boards, original illustrated dust jacket. The dust jacket has a couple of abrasions on the left-hand side of the front panel, chipping at the head and tail of the back strip section and at the fold over tips. Digital image available upon request. The top edge of the text block is slightly foxed, the other reg is darkened with age, previous owner's name on front endpage along with a comment to the effect that "this book was stolen from the owner's library". Pages 179 through to 195 have been ruffled/creased at the top right-hand corner. The scene is Paris; the hero an American citizen. We know him as Clifford. During the working day he is a public figure concerned with the economic integration of Western Europe. But when the committee adjourns, Clifford finds himself alone with a private problem. This is the story of his search for a solution -- a man of affairs seeking, far from the conference table, for the decisive moment of his manhood." -- front of fold over blurb. First Edition. Hardcover. Ordinary/Reasonable for Age. Illus. by Reinganum -- dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Novel.