First Edition. 252 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Grubby pages throughout. Notable creasing to gutter. Cracking to hinges and gutters, leaving netting exposed. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Significant tanning to spine and edges. Black and white marks overall. Water staining to boards. Textblock is shaky.