1949. First Published in GB. 190 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards to be loose. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions and stamp to front pastedown, endpaper and title page. Minor dog-eared corners. Rear free endpaper cut out. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Splits to spine ends causing cloth to be frayed. Ring marks to front board. Staining overall.