1954. First Printing. 325 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Slightly heavier tanning to free endpapers and pastedowns. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Minor cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Notable crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Notable splits to spine ends. White marks to boards.