1949. First Edition. Unpaginated. Signed by the author. Dust jacket over beige cloth. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Flatsigned by the author to half title page. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with mild thumb-marking throughout. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable foxing to boards. Heavy tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Boards are mildly warped. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Mild foxing. Moderate tanning to spine. Notable rubbing and marking all over.