1953. Fifth Impression. 285 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. Heavy tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper with distinctive tanning to text block edges. Both hinges are cracked with exposed netting and cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Binding is loose. Boards have major edge wear and rubbing with heavy bumping to corners. Major crushing to spine ends and splitting to joints. Heavier rubbing to spine and fraying to cloth at corners and spine ends.