1949. First Edition. 286 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Minor tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen inscriptions to front endpaper and visible foxing and dog-eared pages throughout. Visible tanning to text block edges. Front hinge is cracked with exposed netting and binding is loose. Boards have visible bleach spotting and notable corner bending. Fair crushing to spine ends and heavier rubbing to spine.