1947. First Edition. 416 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Heavy bleach staining, tanning and sunning to spine and board edges. Pages are lightly tanned with heavy foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Bubbling to paste-downs. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with notable bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. heavy bleach staining, tanning and sunning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Book has a subtle forward lean and bow.