1939. First Edition. 326 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Binding remains firm. Crinkling to pages at gutters. Annotations and marginalia to pages throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned throughout. Light thumb marking present. Occasional foxing. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges causing discolouration. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Boards are bowed. Book has a slight forward lean.