1950. First Edition. 343 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are clean and bright with a firm binding. Endpapers and page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. Boards have been heavily rub worn with heavy shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a heavily frayed and spine ends are crushed, with some small splits and chips. Spine strip is detached at the rear. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.