1954. First Edition. 454 pages. Red pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. 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 slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped and spine ends are a mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Book has a forward lean. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Water marks to edges and corners.