1948. First Edition. 214 pages. Dust jacket covered in removable plastic wrapper over red cloth. Prize plate stuck to front endpaper. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout, notable to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Heavy foxing to text block edges. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Heavy sunning to spine and edges. Book has forward lean. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Mild foxing. Mild rubbing and marking all over.