1950. First Edition. 256 pages. Beige dust jacket over blue cloth with silver lettering. Deckled text block edges. Pages are bright with light tanning and moderate foxing to free endpapers and text block edges. Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Minor dog-eared corners. Boards have light shelf-wear with minor corner bumping and slight crushing to spine ends. Book has a subtle forward lean. Light tanning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket has moderate surface wear, with chips, tears and creasing to edges, corners and spine ends. Moderately tanned, with a rub mark on front panel.