1953. Second Impression. 248 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with silver lettering. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front pastedown and endpaper. Moderate tanning and foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Small folds to some pages. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Moderate scratching and marking to boards. Mild amount of droplet marks to boards. Minor creasing to lower corner of front board. Moderate tanning to spine, which has mild crushing and wear to ends.