1944. First Edition Reprint. 251 pages. Cream dust jacket over dark green cloth with gilt lettering. Mottling to front and rear boards. Pages are moderately tanned with notable foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper and paste-down, with rubbing and a few small nicks along text block edge. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with noticeable corner bumping and mild crushing to spine ends. Boards are slightly bowed. Mottling to front and rear boards. Unclipped jacket has moderate surface wear, with small chips, tears and creasing to edges, corners and spine ends. Lightly tanned and moderately foxed, with water staining down spine and edges.