1946. First Edition. 240 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Previous owner's stamps to endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to rear endpaper. Faint creases and rubbing to some pages. Many dog-eared corners. Text block edges heavily foxed. Slight cracking to gutters. Boards have some edge wear, with moderate bumping and fraying to corners, while spine ends are crushed and frayed. Rather scratched, rubbed and marked overall. Slight water staining to rear. Spine is slightly sunned. Gilt is dulled and worn. Book has a moderate forward lean.