1949. First Edition. 216 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Boots library rebind with associated stickers and markings to pages and boards. Pages are clean and bright with a firm binding. Endpapers and page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are a mildly crushed, with small splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.