1948. First Edition Thus. 274 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. Clean pages with noticeable tanning throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Mild droplet staining to text block edges. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Moderate tanning to spine, which has notable crushing and tearing to ends. Ring mark to rear board. Mild creasing to front board. Mild chipping to lower edge of rear board. Sticker to spine.