1934. First edition thus. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Book one in the History of England series. Swan Library. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Bookseller's sticker to rear pastedown. Black ink speckles to upper text block edge. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Slightly scratched overall. Gilt is bright.