1946. First Edition Thus. 176 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. English and Arabic text. Minor foxing and tanning to pages. Noticeably heavier to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Gilt lettering is noticeably faded and rubbed. Book has a slight forward lean.