1950. First Printed. 252 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Light thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages with noticeable ink stain to pages and bottom text block edge; text unaffected. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Moderate cracking to gutters causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with noticeable splitting to joints and soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.