First Edition in clean original dust jacket. Clean unfaded ribbed burgundy cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers (very attractive custom bookplate on front free endpaper). Frontispiece photograph. 277 pages with index. Jacket is clean, price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap, 2" closed tear at rear spine fold, tiny chip to rear center panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.