1948. First Edition Thus. 223 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. Clipped jacket has heavy wear with tears, chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine.