1947. First Published. 188 pages. Illustrative jacket over black cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavier foxing to free endpapers and pastedowns. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. White marks and scratches to boards. Textblock is shaky. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with noticeable areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Visible tanning to spine. Noticeable rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.