1952. First Edition Reprint. 383 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with silver lettering and decoration. Pages are lightly tanned with moderate foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper and paste-down, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Slight cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with mild bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Book has a subtle forward lean. Water drops to front board and spine.