1947. First Edition. 494 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over grey cloth. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Clipped jacket has heavy wear with tears, chipping and creasing. Some rubbing and marking to surfaces.