1948. First Published. 238 pages. Cream dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Some crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Small marks to boards. Textblock is shaky. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Visible tanning to spine. Noticeable rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to all. Water staining to panels.