Reprint. xviii, 320pp. Royal blue cloth-covered boards, gilt-stamped lettering on the spine, blind embossed decorations. Pink satin ribbon marker bound in. Top edge sprayed blue. 16mp. Cloth boards a little rounded on corners and spine tips. Endpapers have a hint of toning; previous owner's name, dated 1948, inked on the front free endpaper else internally neat, clean and tight. In its original paper dust jacket, worn, torn and creased, lightly chapped at edges with minor loss at spine head, shelf worn and soiled.