1947. First Edition. 372 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Flat signed by author to title page. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Pencil markings to half title page. Front and back free endpapers are missing. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to boards.