1949. Universal Book Club Edition. 272 pages. No dust jacket. Paper covered boards. Clean pages with mild tanning and visible foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Missing front free endpaper. Pencil inscription to title page. Boards have mild edgewear with corner crushing and mild marking to boards. Mild tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are notably warped. Mild water stains and droplets to boards.