1946. First Published. 218 pages. Illustrative jacket over red cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Brown marks to boards. Textblock is shaky. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Notable tanning to spine. Visible rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.