1935. First Edition. 318 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. Cracks to guttering, exposing netting. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Occasional thumb-marking. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Small splits to spine edges causing cloth to be frayed. Faint ring mark to front board. Slight staining overall. Gilt lettering to spine is darkened. Book is bowed with a pronounced forward lean.