1953. Second Printing. 270 pages. Signed by the author. Illustrative jacket over grey paper covered boards with green cloth to spine. Signed by the author with dedication and inscription to 'Ma' to front free endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present.Light creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Notable crushing to spine ends. Heavy tanning to spine and edges. Bleaching to spine ends. Textblock is shaky. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Visible tanning to spine. Notable rubbing to surfaces.