1947. Reprint. 252 pages. Illustrative jacket over black cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Minor dog-eared corners. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Bleaching to spine ends and edges. Water staining to boards. Textblock is shaky. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with large areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Noticeable tanning to spine. Visible rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.