1945. Reprinted. 247 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Rough cut edges to textblock. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Dedication to front free endpaper. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing, fraying and tearing to spine ends and edges. Some moderate marks and staining to surfaces. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with tears, chipping and creasing. All surfaces heavily tanned, particularly spine. Front surface detached at spine.