1946. Reprinted. 250 pages. No dust jacket. Quarter bound in grey cloth with blue boards. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Heavier tanning and foxing to some pages. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Marked fraying to cloth at spine ends.