1938. First Edition. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Mostly clean pages with light tanning and foxing to endpapers and page edges. Former owner's name on front paste-down, with rubbing and a few small nicks to text block edges. Some minor dog-eared corners. Cracked guttering with binding remaining firm. Occasional finger marking throughout. Light tanning along spine and board edges. Mild rub wear to surfaces and edges with crushing to spine ends and minor bumps to corners. Boards are bowed. Water drops on reverse.