1938. First Edition. 251 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages with mild tanning and visible foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Notable tape staining to pastedowns and endpapers. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Notable water stains to upper text block edge. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing. Heavy tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Moderate water stains to rear board. Mild warping to front board.