1947. First Edition. 245 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth boards with lettering. Black and white pictorial frontispiece. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Slight crushing to spine ends. Lettering is bright and clear. Minor sunning to spine and edges.