1940. First Edition Reprint. 287 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with red lettering to spine. Pages are lightly tanned with moderate foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Pencil inscription to front paste-down and half title page, with minor dog-eared corners. Water drops and a few small nicks along text block edge. Binding is slightly loose. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with notable bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Boards are subtly bowed. Pale mottling to spine.