1929. First Edition. 376 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound brown leather with marbled paper covered boards and gilt lettering to spine. Gilt top edge to textblock. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Cracking to front hinge with tape repair. A previous owner's name and inscription to front free endpaper. Typed title affixed to half-title page. Boards have moderate wear with bumped and abraded corners. Spine ends similarly worn and spine itself scuffed. Gilt slightly dulled. Board surfaces scratched and rubbed.