Author's Copyright Edition. 324 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound in red leather with red cloth covered boards and gilt. Pages are moderately tanned and occasionally foxed throughout. Heavy cracking at the hinges with exposed binding material. Some occasional heavy cracking to gutters throughout, binding is shaky. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Heavy loss to leather elements. Gilt lettering has become dull. Book has a slight forward lean.