1952. No Edition Remarks. 240 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green patterned cloth boards with lettering. Book has been re-bound. Black and white illustrated frontispiece and illustrations by G.Gifford Ambler. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing and fraying to spine ends. Lettering is bright and clear. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible wear marks to boards.