1949. Book Club Edition. 314 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth with red lettering to front and spine. Book Club Edition, as signified by black dot on rear board. Rough cut pages. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper. Pastedowns slightly tanned. Text block edges slightly scuffed. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Notable water staining to front board. Spine is noticeably sunned.