1945. First Edition Thus. 246 pages. Dust jacket over purple cloth. Clean pages with mild tanning and moderate foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Mild annotations and marginalia to pages throughout. Missing rear endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Mild scratching and marking to boards. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Notable foxing to surfaces. Mild tanning to spine. Light rubbing and marking all over.