1953. First Edition. 333 pages. Signed by the author. Black dust jacket with white lettering over red cloth. Clean pages. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper, with name to paste down. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with soiling and marking to boards. Unclipped dust jacket. Moderate wear, tear and loss to edges and corners, with tanning, staining and soiling to DJ.