First Edition. 282 pages. Cream pictorial dust jacket with brown lettering over black cloth. Circa 1939. Clean pages with firm binding. Notable tanning to pages throughout. Previous owner's name to front endpaper. Endpapers and pastedowns have strips of tanning caused by jacket. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with crushing to spine ends. Notable scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Slight dent to front board. Gilt is dulled and worn. Unclipped dust jacket priced 7s 6d. Moderate wear, large tears and loss to edges and corners. Notable tanning to spine, with staining and rubbing all over. Some water staining to front and spine.