288 pages, third printing.There's an ownership inscription on the front end paper and the binding is mildly shaky but in no danger of collapsing;. A good copy, and though obviously used, should easily reach is 100th birthday and beyond. Michael Burt, 1900-1967, was the pseudonym of George Mattock Brookman Burt. Burt was born in Sussex, an author, radio dramatist, and soldier. He is the creator of 'Roger Poynings', an amateur sleuth