First edition, first impression. x, 146pp. Deep green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on front and spine. Top edge sprayed green. 12mo. Cloth rubbed at corners and spine ends. Endpapers a little toned. Inscription inked on front free endpaper which indicates that the volume was once awarded to Samuel Ward as third prize in the Laurence Binyon essay competition in 1928. Else internally neat, clean, bright and tight.
