1958. First Edition. 568 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white portrait frontispiece. Ex libris plate at front. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding slightly loose. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Some additional mild marks and staining.