1937. First Edition. 312 pages. Striped dust jacket over grey cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned with moderate foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper and paste-down, with a few small nicks and water stains along text block edge. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with mild corner bumping and slight crushing to spine ends. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Book has a pronounced forward lean and slight bow. Unclipped jacket has moderate surface wear, with chips, tears and creasing to edges, corners and spine ends. heavy tanning to spine and edges.