1950. First Edition. 496 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white fold out map to rear of textblock. Pages are mildly tanned, but text remains clear. Binding is firm. Pencil inscriptions to free endpapers. Boards have light shelf-wear, with minor corner bumping and minimal scuffing to edges. Spine and edges are heavily sunned, with noticeable crushing and slight splitting to ends. Gilt lettering is darkened, but still legible. Light rubbing and scuffing overall, with some noticeable bleach spotting and visible marking also. Light backwards lean.