Doubleday and Co, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. No addition printings and price of $4.50 shown on front flap of jacket. Black boards with red/gilt title cards on front and spine, pictorial dust jacket, red topstain. Faint outlines on front end papers where previous owner bookplate was removed, light toning on end papers, edges and pages. Previous bookstore sticker on back pastedown. Topstain lightly faded. Jacket spine is sunned and there is mild edge wear, most notably at head of spine and along top of back panel. Now in protective mylar. A lovely copy, scarce in jacket. Jacket not price clipped, binding sound, text clean and unmarked. Very Good / Very Good. Item #009023