First edition, first impression. 384pp. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Cloth a little rubbed at spine tips, a little rounded on corners, spine titles dull. Previous owner's name inked on the front free endpaper else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Slightly foxed on text block edges. In its original pictorial paper dust wrapper, worn, rubbed at edges and very slightly chipped at ends of a sunned spine, some visible shelf wear on verso, with one ugly spot mark. Dust jacket now protected in an archival quality Mylar wrapper fitted without the use of tape or adhesives.
