1950. First Edition. 381 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to hinges with exposed binding. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Notable sunning to spine and edges, with discolouration to cloth. Rubbed dark marks to spine.