1949. First Edition. 381 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers. Occasional thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Pale rubbed marking overall. White marking to top edges of boards. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Reinforced with tape to insides. Dark rubbing to surfaces. Mild tanning to spine and edges.