1939. First Edition. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Decorated brown cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Stained brown marking to a few pages, text is not affected. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Scuffing and dark rubbed marking overall. Faint water staining to boards.