1953. First Edition. 326 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth with silver lettering. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Sticker to front pastedown. Annotations and marginalia to pages throughout. Heavier annotations to rear endpaper and pastedown. Notable creasing to half title page and title page. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to hinges and gutters, leaving netting exposed. Rear board is loose but still attached. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Notable tanning to spine and edges. Slight splits and fraying to joints. Noticeable black marks, small stains and soiling to boards. Small dent to rear board. Book has a forward lean. Textblock is shaky.