1949. First UK Edition. 503 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with faded lettering. Clean pages. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's name plate to front paste down. Some gutter cracking. Moderate wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners. Notable foxing and tanning to spine, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Small splits (approx. 1cm) to spine ends.