1951. First Edition. 253 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Notable foxing to front endpaper. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to pastedowns and front endpaper. Mild droplet staining to text block edges. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking and foxing to boards. Mild sunning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Moderate water stains to surfaces. Books has a backward lean. Boards are mildly warped.