1954. Twelfth Impression. 288 pages. Brown dust jacket over brown cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Tearing to front hinge. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Some crushing to spine ends. Visible sunning to spine and edges. Small marks to boards. Textblock is shaky. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Visible tanning to spine. Some rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.