First Edition. 382 pages. No dust jacket. Black blind-stamped covers with red lettering. Previous owner's ink stamp to front pastedown and title page. Heavy cracking to both hinges. First 18 pages loose from binding with pages 1 and 16 entirely detached. Gutters are cracked throughout with exposed binding thread, causing a loose binding. Mild tanning to pages throughout with frequent light foxing and thumb marking present. Foxing becomes more prominent towards rear of book. Boards have moderate shelf wear with rubbing and heavy corner bumping. Faint ink marking to front board with small white stain to rear. Prominent tears to top end of spine with smaller splits and fraying to bottom.