1940. First Edition. 523 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Rough-cut pages. Light thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages. Much heavier and more prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking to gutters but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with prominent tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.