1950. First Edition. 412 pages. Signed by the author. Blue dust jacket with white lettering over blue cloth. Clean pages. Notable tanning to endpapers and page edges. Rear hinge cracked with visible netting, thus the board is slack. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with sunning to spine. Minor scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Clipped dust jacket. Moderate wear, tear and loss to edges and corners, with sunning to spine. Minor tanning, staining and soiling to DJ.