1958. First Penguin Edition. 240 pages. Striped paper cover. Pages are moderately tanned with notable foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Minor dog-eared corners, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Slight tearing and crinkling to lower edges. Cover has heavy shelf-wear to edges and surfaces, with curling to corners. Notable crushing to spine ends, with visible reading creases, water drops and splits down spine. Book has a pronounced forward lean. Small tear to rear cover. Moderately tanned and foxed.