1949. First Edition Thus. 442 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing throughout. Slightly more pronounced to endpaper and text block. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Mild cracking to gutters. Binding remains firm. Boards have slight edge wear with corner bumping. Visible tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Faint brown marks to front board. Book has a slight forward lean.