1950. First Published in Great Britain. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Light soiled marking to gutters of a few pages. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Notable sunning to spine and edges. Water stained marks to spine. Book is slightly forward leaning. Dark staining to bottom edge of spine.