1948. Second Impression. 287 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Stamped marks to title page and last page. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Some light creasing to pages. Occasional thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Heavy splits to joints. Notable tanning to spine and edges. Dark rubbing and staining to surfaces. Book is forward leaning. Faint stamped mark to front board.