First edition. 282pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, black titles on spine, quite cocked. 12mo. Rubbed bottom corners and spine ends. Text block edges starting to tan. Previous owner's name on free endpapers, early pages have had top text block edge released. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has significant shelf wear, chipping and creases to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped. Dust jacket now protected in an archival-quality Mylar wrapper, fitted without the use of tape of adhesives.