1947. 247 pages. Signed by the author. Blue jacket over cloth boards. Signed by the author. Tanning and foxing to endpapers and text block edge with thumbing throughout. Inscriptions with author's signature to front endpaper. Cracks to hinges and guttering, pages remain fairly tight with some rusted staples. Boards have rub wear and marking with forward lean and sunning to spine. Bumping to corners, edges and spine ends with bowing to both boards. Some surface drop marking with areas of jacket sticking to boards. Dust jacket has rubbing and marking with tanning to spine. Tears, nicks and creases to spine, edges and corners. Some surface drop marking.