1949. 330 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Front endpaper has been clipped. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped and spine ends are a mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Jacket is in 2 pieces and split along spine. The unclipped dust jacket has heavy edge wear, with tears, chips and areas of loss. Tanning to spine and edges.