1939. First Edition. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with black lettering to spine. Binding remains firm. Crinkling to pages at gutters. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Occasional foxing. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Lettering is darkened slightly. Boards are bowed. Book has a slight forward lean.