1953. First Edition. 231 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to boards.