1948. First Edition. 221 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Rear free endpaper has been trimmed. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to gutters. Occasional thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Scuffed paper remnants to front pastedown. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Mild sunning to spine and edges. Scuffing and dark rubbed marking overall. Book is notably forward leaning. Small brown mark to front board.