1949. First Edition. 352 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Notable creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Splits to joints. White spotting to front and rear boards. Dents to edges. Textblock is shaky.