1955. First Edition. 412 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over dark red cloth. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen and pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and visible foxing and tanning to text block edges. Both hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Boards have moderate rubbing and visible bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and notable rubbing to spine. Unclipped jacket with heavy edge wear and visible rubbing. Splitting to joints and visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends. Creasing to interior.