Second edition. Octavo.  319 pp. Red cloth, titles to spine. The plain brown paper jacket bears the title to the front with two favourable reviews, one by H.E. Bates, the other by Arthur Waugh. The jacket is unclipped showing a price of 10/6. There is a small inked price 10/6 to the top LH corner and a small torn area to the RH side. The rear panel of the jacket is creased with closed tears to the LH side. No attempt has been made to repair the rear panel, but it would be a relatively easy job to ease the creasing and repair the tears with conservation tape. The jacket is now in a protective sleeve. Rare to find any Fortune Press title in a dustjacket. The Fortune Press was begun by Reginald Ashley Caton [1897-1971] in 1924 specialising in the publication of gay erotica, which often brought Caton to the attention of the authorities. Underwood's book was condemned as 'rank sodomy' when first published in 1934—this being the second edition, (every edition, especially jacketed is rare). In an added preface to this edition dated September 1937, the author states that despite the sometimes prejudicial reviews the first edition endured, he consoles himself with the knowledge that he has helped and enlightened many readers regarding what he calls the 'intermediate temperament'. There is nothing remotely salacious at all in Underwood's highly-strung tale of a troubled young man unable to come to terms with his homosexual feelings, which, largely expressed through his love for a younger man lead to an almost inevitable (spoiler) tragic conclusion. The book must certainly have reflected something of the difficulties experienced by many, however, it is a rather over-heated take,  and perhaps Underwood's attitude is rooted in the central character - Adrian's - rural, lower-middle-class position where his lack of access to a wider knowledge of the world, hinted at through other characters would have eased his self-questioning.