1939. First Edition. 292 pages. Yellow pictorial dust jacket and boards. Inscription to front endpaper. Sticker to front pastedown. Moderate cracking to guttering and hinges with a loose binding, and pages. Boards have been heavily rub worn with heavy shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a heavily frayed and spine ends are crushed, with some small splits and chips. Prominent forward lean to text block.Boards are noticeably bowed. The unclipped dust jacket has heavy edge wear, tears and chips. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Jacket is in 2 pieces and split along spine. Jacket repaired with tape.