1953. First Edition. 256 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth with silver lettering. Ex-library copy with expected stamps. Finger-marked pages with moderate tanning and foxing throughout. Front endpaper is missing, with tape on paste-down. Creasing, tearing and a loss to page 11. Cracked guttering with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Water marks and slight tearing to rear pages. Some dog-eared corners, with rubbing and a few small nicks to text block edges. Moderate tanning along spine and board edges. Forward leaning. Mild rub wear to surfaces and edges with crushing to spine ends and bumps to corners. Water drops on front board and reverse.