1950. First Edition. 265 pages. Red pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are clean and bright with a firm binding. Endpapers and page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. The clipped dust jacket has heavy edge wear, with tears, chips and areas of loss. Tanning and tape to spine and edges.