1955. First Published in the US. 211 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Translated by Marjorie Kerr Wilson. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Occasional thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Staining to a few pages, text is not affected. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have heavy edge wear with bumping to corners and rub wear all over. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Notable sunning to spine and edges. Dark rubbing and staining to surfaces.