1956. 256 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages are clean and bright with a firm binding. Endpapers and page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. Boards are a little rub worn with some slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped and spine ends are a mildly crushed, with small splits and chips. With some tanning to spine and edges.