1947. First Published. 269 pages. Beige and grey dust jacket over yellow cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavier foxing to free endpapers and pastedowns. Thumb-marking present. Insect damage to rear hinge. Some creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Brown marks to boards. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Notable tanning to spine. Some rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges. Jacket is torn in 2.