1947. First Edition. 253 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Occasional thumb-marking present. Slight cracking to gutters of a few pages. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. White stained marking to rear board.