1938. First Edition. 211 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned with foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper and paste-down, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Minor dog-eared corners. Cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with slight bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Book has a mild forward lean.