1948. First Edition. 262 pages. Red and brown dust jacket over green cloth. Map endpapers. Introduction by Earl Wavell. Clean pages with mild tanning and moderate foxing to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Traces of pink paper stuck to penultimate leaf, which has left notable scuffing and slight blue marks. Droplet stain to fore edge. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Notable stain to tail of spine. Book has forward lean. Gilt is bright. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Moderate water staining to spine, droplets to panels. Slight loss to spine ends. Moderate rubbing and marking all over. Moderate sunning to spine. Slight blue marks to rear. Creased rear flap.