1949. First edition thus. 235 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth covered boards. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Top of spine with small piece missing. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with large tears, chipping and creasing. Rear surface detached at spine. Front flap also detached.