1949. First Published. 212 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Binding is shaky, frontispiece is loose. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Dent to edge of front board. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Staining to rear panel. Foxing overall.