1949. First Edition Thus. 176 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper and rear pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Heavy sunning to spine, which has mild crushing and wear to ends. Mild scratching and marking to boards. Tape over spine. Books has a backward lean. Boards are mildly warped.