[1950] 1st edition, first printing. Black cloth boards (edge worn, rounded at corners and spine ends). Lending sheet on front free endpaper, no other library markings. A few small marks on pages, else internally neat and clean. In its original worn, nicked and edge-bumped dust jacket (old interior tape repairs). Dust jacket now in archival-quality mylar wrapper to protect & prolong the life of the jacket. It is not adhered to the book or to the dust jacket.