1947. First Edition. 223 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Minor tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Slight dog-eared pages throughout and light tanning to text block edges. Both hinges are cracked with exposed netting and cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Binding is loose. Boards have moderate bleach spotting and rubbing. Noticeable bumping to corners and soft crushing to spine ends. The book is forward leaning.