1950. First Edition. 223 pages. Yellow dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Pages are lightly tanned with moderate foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Minor dog-eared corners. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with slight bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Minor insect damage across lower edges. Light tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear, with some areas of loss to spine ends, and heavy tears, chips and creasing to edges and corners. Heavy tanning to spine and edges. Water drops down spine.