1945. First Edition. 271 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth with silver lettering. Minor dog-earring, foxing and noticeable tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, slightly lighter to pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Light cracking and creasing to gutters but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with moderate sunning and scuffing overall. Spine has visible tanning with soft splitting, fraying and crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.