1949. First Printed. 313 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Brown cloth. Signed by the author to half-title page, with author's message to front free endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Occasional thumb-marking present. Cracking to hinges with slight exposed binding. Light scuffing to text-block edges. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Book is slightly forward leaning.