1956. First Edition. 431 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white in-text illustrations. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers. Occasional thumb-marking present. Tape remnants with brown staining to pastedowns and endpapers. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Mild tanning to spine and edges.