1947. First Edition. 256 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Jacket split into three pieces but secured with tape. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Light sunning to spine and edges, with some heavier sunning along joints. Scuffing and light marking overall. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Brown tape to joints and spine. Light rubbing and marking to surfaces, with scuffing to edges.