1926. First Edition. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Blue cloth. Signed by the author with dedication to 'Reverend James Payne' to front free endpaper, dated 1926. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Minor pencil inscription to front pastedown. Slight cracking to gutters of a few pages. Light scuffing to text-block edges. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Rubbed pale marking to boards. Book is forward leaning.