1948. First Ed Thus. 340 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages are moderately tanned with noticeable foxing throughout. Slight crinkling to paper at gutters, however binding remains firm. Occasional dog-eared corners. Thumb-marking present throughout. Boards have slight edge wear with corner bumping. Visible tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Fraying to spine edges. Book is bowed and forward leaning. Some water drops overall.