First English edition. 288pp. Black cloth-covered boards; green titles on spine. 12mo. Sun-faded spine; reading crease. Rubbed and frayed spine ends; tears at spine head and rear joint. Bumped heel affecting first third of pages. Rubbed board edges and corners; cloth worn through at corners. Dusty top text block edge, water damage to fore edge, all edges starting to fox and tan. Endpapers tanned, starting to fox. Hinges cracking at endpapers. A section of pages have been bent on the lower corner. Otherwise, internally neat, clean and bright.
