1948. First Edition. 128 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth. Book has a slight smoky odour. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout, heavy tanning to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Notable water staining to pastedowns and text block edges. Minor annotations and marginalia to pages throughout. Boards have mild edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Notable tanning to spine, which has mild crushing and tearing to ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped.