1954. Reprint. 288 pages. Illustrative jacket over black cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavier tanning to front and rear pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper and pastedown. Thumb-marking present. Moderate creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Notable crushing to spine ends. White spotting to front board. Creasing to front board. Book has a visible forward lean. Textblock is shaky. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Tape repair to spine. Moderate sunning to spine.