1950. First Edition Thus. 240 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over beige cloth. Minor foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers, as well as rear most pages. Mild creasing and staining to gutters and hinges. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has noticeable staining and sunning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with moderate rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall with visible loss and creasing to panels.