1940. First Published in England. 312 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth. Light thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.