1944. First Edition. 271 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages with noticeable tanning throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Heavier tanning to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Visible wear marks to boards. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creases. Minor loss to spine and panel. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.