First edition, first printing. 256pp. Red publisher's cloth-covered boards, gilt-stamped lettering on the spine. 8vo. Cloth a little dull, gently pushed at spine tips, a little rubbed on extreme corners. Upper text block edge dust dulled, some faint spotting on fore edge. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Slight lean. In its original glossy dust wrapper, worn and faded, rubbed and bumped at corners and spine ends, with creasing and crack on lower leading corner.