1948. First Edition. 286 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have mild edgewear with corner crushing and light marking to boards. Heavy sunning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped. Large water stains to front board.