London: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., 1957. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xii, 167, [1] pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Dust jacket protected by a mylar covering; spine white with blue lettering. Mild shelf wear to dust jacket, including age-toning to spine (lettering remains clear and legible); age-toning and small tears along margins of covers; price uncut: "18s. net." Navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Mild shelf wear to boards, including cocking to spine (boards shaken, no shelf lean, binding intact); bumping with slight material loss to head, tail, and corners; age-toning and occasional marginalia/underlining in pencil to interior pages, text remains clear and legible; previous owner's signature on front free endpaper. DL consignment. Shelved in Case 5. More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1944. First Editions, First Printings. Octavos, 2 volumes; G-/G-; spines brown with beige titling; dust jackets protected with a mylar coverings, price of volume 1 torn, price of volume 2 uncut, an old mylar covering adhesive attached to the interior of the center of the spines, causing some closed tears; jackets toned, splitting along front hinge of volume 2, consistent chipping and wear; name sticker to cover of volume 1; significant worming to both volumes, volume 1 with multiple holes through front cover of jacket through a pinprick on page 74, rear cover with two small holes through a pinprick on page 493, most damage to flaps and pastedowns; volume 2 with multiple holes through front cover of jacket through a pinprick on page 826, rear cover and pastedown; JR consignment; shelved case 1. More