1943. First Edition. 452 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with silver lettering to spine. Tape repair to front hinge. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper, with rubbing and a few small nicks along text block edge. Minor dog-eared corners. Moderate cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding is slightly loose. Slight creasing and bubbling to paste-downs. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with mild bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Book has a pronounced forward lean. Split to joint with exposed binding. Water ring mark on front board.